Boves

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Boves
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Boves (Italy)
Boves
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Cuneo  (CN)
Coordinates 44 ° 20 '  N , 7 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 20 '0 "  N , 7 ° 33' 0"  E
height 542  m slm
surface 51 km²
Residents 9,717 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 191 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 12012
prefix 0171
ISTAT number 004028
Popular name Bovesani
Patron saint San Bartolomeo
Website Boves

Boves is a municipality with 9717 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN), Piedmont region .

geography

Boves is part of the mountain commune Comunità Montana della Bisalta . The municipality consists of the districts Castellar, Cerati, Fontanelle, Mellana, Rivoira, Roncaia, San Giacomo, San Mauro and Sant'Anna. The neighboring municipalities are Cuneo , Peveragno , Limone Piemonte , Vernante , Robilante , Roccavione and Borgo San Dalmazzo .

The place is at an altitude of 542 to 2404 m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of ​​51 km² .

history

During the Second World War Boves was a place of the Italian resistance, so that after the armistice of Cassibile on September 19, 1943 a unit of the 1st SS Panzer Division under Joachim Peiper occupied the place in order to find partisans. In the massacre that followed, soldiers set fire to the center of the village with 350 houses and killed many civilians. Similar incidents were repeated on December 31, 1943 and January 3, 1944, bringing the number of houses burned to a total of 500.

During the time of the resistance struggle, which lasted for over 20 months, many people in Boves lost their lives. As a result of these events, the city was awarded two medals for civil and military honors. The desire for reconciliation with the past led to the establishment of the first "School of Peace" ( Scuola di Pace ) in Italy in 1983 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

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