The municipality (population 1,785 as of 2010)[3] is centred on the town of Vogogna and extends over an area of 15.28 square kilometres (5.90 sq mi), partly within the Val Grande National Park; the elevation varies between 211 and 2,018 metres (692 and 6,621 ft) above sea-level.

Outlying settlements (frazioni) within the municipality include Prata, Dresio and Genestredo.

[4] The Vogogna Castle, in via Castello, was built in 1344 for the bishop of Novara, Giovanni Visconti, and extended in 1449.

The Sacro Cuore di Gesú is the parish church which was erected between 1894 and 1904 in a neo-Gothic style.

San Pietro, in the frazione Dresio, is a church of ancient origins and contains two noted fifteenth-century frescoes; it has been suggested that the figure representing a Servite saint has recently been identified as Pellegrino Laziosi, the most prominent saint of that order.Vogogna is twinned with: