Odalengo Piccolo (Audalengh Cit in

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in the northwest

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. It is located in the Val Cerrina about east of

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, about north of

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and some southwest of

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. The municipality extends over an area of in the hills to the south of the

Stura del Monferrato The Stura del Monferrato (also known as the Stura piccola and the Stura di Casale, in each case to distinguish it from other Piedmontese watercourses of the same name: the Stura di Lanzo, the Stura di Demonte and the Stura di Ovada) is a stream, ...

torrent, where areas of woodland are interspersed by vineyards. It borders on the communes of Alfiano Natta, Castelletto Merli, Cerrina Monferrato, Odalengo Grande, and Villadeati. The two principal centres of population are Serra (dialect: ''Sèra''), the site of the town hall, and Vicinato (dialect: ''V’žinà'') with the parish church; further nuclei are Palmaro (dialect: ''Cà di Parmàn''), Dorato, and Pessine (dialect: ''Psìn-i'') which is notable for its castle. Odalengo Piccolo is known for the

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fair ''Tufo & tartufo'', which has been held during the autumn truffle season since 1994, and for the wide variety of antique native

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cultivars that are grown locally.

Toponyms

Odalengo enters the historical record in 1298–99 as ''Odalengum ultra Sturiam''. The form ''Odalengum minus'', which distinguishes ‘Little Odalengo’ from the nearby Odalengo Grande, is recorded in 1306; ''Odalengum parvum'' is found in 1320 and ''Odalengo Prato'' in 1474. Vicinato appears as ''Viscenale'' in 1279, while Serra is apparently recorded as ''Serra'' in 1163 and Pessine as ''Pisinum'' in 1171.

References

Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Alessandria-geo-stub