Perosa Argentina

Perosa Argentina
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	44 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '0 "  N , 7 ° 12' 0"  E
height	630  m slm
surface	26 km²
Residents	3,169 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	122 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10063
prefix	0121
ISTAT number	001184
Popular name	Perosini
Patron saint	San Genesio
Website	Perosa Argentina

Perosa Argentina ( Piedmontese Perosa , Occitan Peirosa ) is a municipality with 3169 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Coazze , Giaveno , Roure , Pinasca , Perrero , Pomaretto and Inverso Pinasca . The patron saint of the place is Saint Genesius .

Place view

The municipality covers an area of ​​26 km². The number of inhabitants decreased by around 20% between 1951 (4693 inhabitants) and 2001 (3731 inhabitants) and since 2001 by more than 5%.

In the area of ​​the village, the Chisonetal , silver was previously mined, in the 19th and early 20th centuries the textile industry dominated the economy. At present, Perosa Argentina is primarily a service center with administration, shops, swimming pool and a museum about the Italian resistance against fascism. A group interested in history is trying to set up a museum about the industrial culture of the area.

Perosa Argentina is the original home of the founders of the Perouse Waldensian colony in Baden-Württemberg (Federal Republic of Germany), which was founded in 1699 .

The Waldensian Old Testament scholar Daniele Garrone was born on June 22, 1954 in Perosa Argentina.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Perosa Argentina  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the community
• Initiative to build an industrial museum (it./en.)