Pontestura
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Country | Italy | |
region | Piedmont | |
province | Alessandria (AL) | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 9 ' N , 8 ° 20' 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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
Web links
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