Piuro (''Piür'' in the
local dialect
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) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Sondrio
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As of 2024, it has a population of 179,165.
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in the
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region
Lombardy
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, located about north of
Milan
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and about northwest of
Sondrio
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, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,938 and an area of .
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.
The municipality of Piuro contains the ''
frazione
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'' (subdivision)
Savogno.
Piuro borders the following municipalities:
Avers
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(Switzerland),
Campodolcino,
Chiavenna
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,
Ferrera
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(Switzerland),
Madesimo
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,
Novate Mezzola
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,
Prata Camportaccio
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,
San Giacomo Filippo
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,
Soglio (Switzerland),
Villa di Chiavenna.
On 4 September 1618, Piuro (then belonging to the
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) was the site of one of the worst landslides in
recorded history
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. The event, described as an avalanche (somewhat inaccurately as it was more probably a mudslide), completely wiped out Piuro and killed between 1,000 and 2,500 people.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
www.piuro.net
Cities and towns in Lombardy
Val Bregaglia
Landslides in Italy
1618 disasters
1610s natural disasters
17th-century landslides
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