Novi Ligure

Novi Ligure ( Ligurian Nêuve , Piedmontese Neuve ) is a town and a municipality with 28,255 (as of December 31, 2019) inhabitants in the Italian province of Alessandria (AL), Piedmont region .

The community consists of the districts Merella and Barbellotta. The neighboring municipalities are Basaluzzo , Bosco Marengo , Cassano Spinola , Gavi , Pasturana , Pozzolo Formigaro , Serravalle Scrivia and Tassarolo . The patron saint of the place is Madonna della neve .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 197 m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 54.22 km² .

The Republic of Genoa conquered Novi in 1529. After that, Novi remained under Genoese rule, with the exception of a brief Austro-Piedmontese occupation 1745–46. From 1797 to 1805 it was part of the Ligurian Republic . In the second coalition war against revolutionary France, Russian-Austrian troops under Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov defeated the French in the battle of Novi on August 25, 1799 . In 1805 Novi was annexed by the French Empire. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the city was added to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia together with the Genoese Republic .

Novi Ligure has a partnership with the French community of Sorbiers in the Loire department.

Novi Ligure is very well connected to Genoa , Milan and Alessandria by the A26 and A7 motorways . Novi Ligure is on the Turin – Genoa railway line . The city has a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is Genoa .

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

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