Visons

Visons
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Alessandria  (AL)
Coordinates	44 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
surface	12 km²
Residents	1,207 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	101 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	15010
prefix	0144
ISTAT number	006187
Popular name	Visonesi (Visuneis)
Visons in Piedmont

Visone ( Piedmontese Visòn ) is a municipality with 1207 (as of December 31, 2019) inhabitants in the Italian province of Alessandria (AL), Piedmont region . The neighboring municipalities are Acqui Terme , Grognardo , Morbello , Morsasco , Prasco and Strevi .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​12 km² .

Culinary specialties

Vines for Dolcetto d'Acqui , a red wine with DOC status, are grown in Visone . The berries of the Pinot Noir and / or Chardonnay grape varieties can be used to make Alta Langa sparkling wine . The Muscat grape for the Asti Spumante , a sweet DOCG sparkling wine with a low alcohol content, and for the still wine Moscato d'Asti is also grown here. The lovely sparkling wine Brachetto d'Acqui is made from the Brachetto grape variety . In Visone, vines of the Barbera variety are also grown for the Barbera del Monferrato , a red wine with DOC status.

Population development

Web links

Commons : Visone  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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.