Pozzolo Formigaro is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Alessandria
The province of Alessandria (; ; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian Provinces of Italy, province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The prov ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
, located about southeast of
Turin
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and about southeast of
Alessandria
Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...
. As of 1 January 2022, it had a population of 4,507 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
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.
Pozzolo Formigaro borders the following municipalities:
Bosco Marengo
Bosco Marengo (; ) is a town and a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Bosco Marengo borders the following municipa ...
,
Cassano Spinola
Cassano Spinola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Cassano Spinola borders the following municipalities: Carezzano, ...
,
Novi Ligure
Novi Ligure (; , ; , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) north of Genoa, in the province of Alessandria, in the Italian region of Piedmont.
The town produces food, iron, steel, and textiles. It is an important junction for both road and railroad ...
,
Tortona
Tortona (; , ; ) is a ''comune'' of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Spinetta Marengo, Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines. Its ''frazione'' of ...
, and
Villalvernia.
Demographic evolution
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Notable People
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Francesco Remotti, Anthropologist
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Ezia Gavazza, Professor of Modern Art History
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Monsignor
Monsignor (; ) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian ''monsignore'', meaning "my lord". "Monsignor" can be abbreviated as Mons.... or Msgr. In some ...
Pietro Gambarotta, (7 February 1921 – 15 March 2008) Parish priest of the church of San Nicolò from 1954 to 2007.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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