Silvano Pietra is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pavia
The province of Pavia () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is Pavia.
, the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205.
History
T ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
, located about 50 km southwest of
Milan
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and about 25 km southwest of
Pavia
Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086.
The city was a major polit ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 723 and an area of 13.8 km
2.
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
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.
Silvano Pietra borders the following municipalities:
Bastida de' Dossi,
Casei Gerola,
Corana,
Mezzana Bigli,
Sannazzaro de' Burgondi,
Voghera
image:Voghera Castle.jpg, The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching.
Voghera (Emilian dialect, Vogherese dialect of Emilian: ''Vughera''; Latin language, Latin: ''Forum Iulii Iriensium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Pavia i ...
.
It was the site of a royal property at least from the reign of
Lambert (896), who granted it to his mother,
Ageltrude. It was bequeathed by Queen
Adelaide
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to the
monastery of the Saviour at Pavia in 999, but it was still probably regarded as owing service to the crown as late as the 12th century, when it is probably one of the "great appurtenances" of
Corana mentioned in the ''
Tafelgüterverzeichnis''.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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