Piovà Massaia

Piovà Massaia
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Asti  (AT)
Coordinates	45 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 3 '22 "  N , 8 ° 3' 4"  E
height	300  m slm
surface	10.80 km²
Residents	588 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	54 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	14020
prefix	0141
ISTAT number	005086
Popular name	Piovatesi
Patron saint	San Giorgio

Piovà Massaia (formerly: Piovà ) is a municipality with 588 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Asti (AT), Piedmont region . In 1940 the parish was renamed Piovà Massaia in honor of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia , who was born here .

The neighboring communities are Capriglio , Cerreto d'Asti , Cocconato , Cunico , Montafia , Montiglio Monferrato , Passerano Marmorito and Piea .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​ten km² .

Culinary specialties

At Piovà Massaia, 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 .

Personalities

• Guglielmo Massaia , canon and cantor of the Cathedral of Asti
• Giovanni Battista Polledro (1781-1853), violinist and composer
• Lorenzo Antonio Massaia (1809–1889, after the death of his older brother: Guglielmo Massaia ), missionary and cardinal

Population development

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Web links

Commons : Piovà Massaia  - 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.