Cosio di Arroscia

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Cosio di Arroscia
coat of arms
Cosio di Arroscia (Italy)
Cosio di Arroscia
Country Italy
region Liguria
province Imperia  (IM)
Coordinates 44 ° 5 ′  N , 7 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
height 721  m slm
surface 40.53 km²
Residents 187 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 18023
prefix 0183
ISTAT number 008023
Popular name Cosiesi
Patron saint Simon Peter
Website www.comune.cosiodarroscia.im.it
View of Cosio di Arroscia in Liguria
View of Cosio di Arroscia in Liguria

Cosio di Arroscia (in Ligurian : Cüxe ) is a northern Italian municipality with 187 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Liguria region . Politically it belongs to the province of Imperia .

geography

Cosio di Arroscia is located in the upper part of the Valle Arroscia , less than 20 kilometers from the French border. The municipality belongs to the Comunità Montana Alta Valle Arroscia and is about 36 kilometers from the provincial capital Imperia , with which it is connected via the Strada Statale 28 . Cosio di Arroscia is located in the Ligurian Alps about 720 meters above sea level .

Cosio di Arroscia is located in a seismically inactive zone.

climate

Summer is characterized by fresh daytime temperatures, whereas winter is not particularly cold due to the proximity to the Ligurian Sea (about 30 kilometers away). Occasionally there is snowfall; the nearby Monesi is the only ski area in Liguria.

The municipality is classified under climate category F , as the degree day number has a value of 3093. That means, Cosio di Arroscia is not subject to the legally regulated heating season.

history

On July 28, 1957, in the back room of a bar in Cosio di Arroscia, a group of artists and writers founded the radical left-wing cultural movement of the Situationist International . The founding members included Guy Debord , Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio , Asger Jorn and the local Piero Simondo .

Web links

Commons : Cosio di Arroscia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Zone 3 according to Ordinanza PCM n.3274 of March 20, 2003
  3. Data from Confedilizia ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.confedilizia.it
  4. on Piero Simondo see Italian Wikipedia