Borghetto di Borbera

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Borghetto di Borbera
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Borghetto di Borbera (Italy)
Borghetto di Borbera
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Alessandria  (AL)
Coordinates 44 ° 44 '  N , 8 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 43 '49 "  N , 8 ° 56' 40"  E
height 295  m slm
surface 39.62 km²
Residents 1,951 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 49 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 15060
prefix 0143
ISTAT number 006018
Popular name Borghettesi
Patron saint Victor of Milan
Bird's eye view of Borghetto
Bird's eye view of Borghetto

Borghetto di Borbera ( Piedmontese Borghet Borbaja , Ligurian o Borgheto ) is a municipality with 1951 (as of December 31, 2019) inhabitants in the Italian province of Alessandria (AL), Piedmont region .

The community consists of the districts Cerreto Ratti, Castel Ratti, Molo Borbera, Monteggio, Persi and Sorli. The neighboring municipalities are Cantalupo Ligure , Dernice , Garbagna , Grondona , Roccaforte Ligure , Sardigliano , Stazzano and Vignole Borbera .

geography

The place is located in the Borbera Valley (Val Borbera) and is at an altitude of 295 m above sea level in the Untertal. The municipality covers an area of ​​39.61 km² .

  • Persi and Torre, districts of Borghetto

  • the snow-covered village in the valley

architecture

In the village there is still a medieval gate and one of the four towers of the old castle that collapsed into the river bed a long time ago. A well-preserved castle from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries can still be seen in the neighboring town of Torre Ratti. The new town hall is one of the first reinforced concrete structures in Italy from the beginning of the 20th century.

  • The medieval gate

  • The castle in Torre Ratti

  • The town hall

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Mons. Goggi, Clelio (1973) “Storia dei comuni e delle parrocchie della diocesi di Tortona”, Tortona, Litocoop
  3. ↑ http://castellipiemontesi.it/pagine/ita/castelli/torre_ratti.lasso%7CIl castello di Torre Ratti su castellipiemontesi.it

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