Pontestura

Pontecurone
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Alessandria  (AL)
Coordinates	45 ° 9 '  N , 8 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 8 '36 "  N , 8 ° 20' 3"  E
height	140  m slm
surface	18.87 km²
Residents	1,375 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	73 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	15027
prefix	0142
ISTAT number	006133
Popular name	Ponte Sturesi
Patron saint	Sant'Agata

Pontestura ( Piedmontese Pont da Stura ) is a municipality with 1375 (as of December 31, 2019) inhabitants in the Italian province of Alessandria (AL), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Camino , Casale Monferrato , Cereseto , Coniolo , Morano sul Po , Ozzano Monferrato , Serralunga di Crea and Solonghello .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​18.87 km² .

Culinary specialties

At Pontestura, 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

Sons and daughters

• Aldo Mongiano (1919–2020), Roman Catholic religious and bishop of Roraima in Brazil
• Aldo Novarese (1920–1995), type designer

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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