Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato

Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Alessandria  (AL)
Coordinates	45 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 59 ′ 50 "  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 20"  E
height	307  m slm
surface	21.10 km²
Residents	1,379 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	65 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	15037
prefix	0131
ISTAT number	006193
Patron saint	San Valerio, San Pietro, Sant'Apollonia
Website	Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato

View of the district of Lu

Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 1379 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Alessandria , Piedmont region . The municipality was formed on February 1, 2019 from the previously independent municipalities Lu and Cuccaro Monferrato .

geography

The municipality is located 19 km from the provincial capital Alessandria at an altitude of 307 m above sea level. The administrative headquarters are in Lu.

Attractions

Worth seeing are:

• Santa Maria Nuova church in Romanesque-Gothic style
• James Church
• Nazarius and Celsus Church
• Johanneskirche
• Church of Our Lady of the Snow in Cucarro Monferrato

Culinary specialties

Here vines of the Barbera variety are grown for the Barbera d'Asti , a red wine with DOCG status, as well as for the Barbera del Monferrato .

Web links

Commons : Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato  - 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.