Montechiaro d'Asti

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Montechiaro d'Asti
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Montechiaro d'Asti (Italy)
Montechiaro d'Asti
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Asti  (AT)
Coordinates 45 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
surface 10 km²
Residents 1,276 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 128 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 14025
prefix 0141
ISTAT number 005075
Popular name Montechiaresi
Patron saint Bernardo di Chiaravalle (August 20)
Website Montechiaro d'Asti
Landscape near Montechiaro d'Asti
Landscape near Montechiaro d'Asti

Montechiaro d'Asti is a municipality with 1276 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Asti (AT), Piedmont region .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​ten  km² . The municipality is part of the Comunità Collinare Val Rilate and the administrative seat of the administrative community.

The districts ( frazioni ) include Nocciola and Regione Reale.

The neighboring municipalities are Camerano Casasco , Chiusano d'Asti , Cortanze , Cossombrato , Cunico , Montiglio Monferrato , Soglio and Villa San Secondo .

Personalities

  • Giovanni Pastrone , also known by his stage name Piero Fosco (born September 13, 1883, Montechiaro d'Asti, Italy; † June 27, 1959, Turin, Italy), an Italian film director, screenwriter, writer and actor.

Culinary specialties

In Montechiaro d'Asti, vines of the Barbera variety are grown for the Barbera d'Asti , a red wine with DOCG status, and the Barbera del Monferrato .

Population development

Surroundings

About two kilometers to the north is the Romanesque Chiesa dei Santi Nazario e Celso , built as a simple hall church towards the middle of the 12th century . It is decorated all around with the alternation of red brick and white limestone , which is typical of Monferrato , but also with geometric and floral motifs on the biforias , roof edges and portals.

  • Chiesa dei Santi Nazario e Celso

  • apse

  • detail

Web links

Commons : Montechiaro d'Asti  - 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.