Salussola

Salussola
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Biella  (BI)
Coordinates	45 ° 27 '  N , 8 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 27 '0 "  N , 8 ° 7' 0"  E
height	289  m slm
surface	39 km²
Residents	1,914 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	13060
prefix	0161
ISTAT number	096058
Popular name	Salussolesi
Patron saint	San Pietro Levita
Website	Salussola

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Salussola is a municipality with 1914 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Biella (BI), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Carisio , Cavaglià , Cerrione , Dorzano , Massazza , Roppolo , Verrone and Villanova Biellese .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​39 km² .

history

The church of San Secondo in the district of the same name, which was called Victimulum in Roman times , dates back to a foundation in the 4th century and was the starting point for the veneration of St. Secundus of Victimulum , the patron saint of Ventimiglia and second saint of Turin .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Giovanni Ziggiotto (1954–1977), motorcycle racer

Web links

• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ santiebeati.it (Italian)