Savigliano
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| Comune di Savigliano | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Cuneo (CN) |
| Elevation | 321 m (1,053 ft) |
| Area | 110 km² (42 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 31-12-04) | |
| - Total | 20,456 |
| - Density | 186/km² (482/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Saviglianesi |
| Dialing code | 0172 |
| Postal code | 12038 |
| Frazioni | Apparizione, Canavere, Levaldigi, S.Giacomo, S.Rosalia,S.Salvatore, Solere, Solerete, Sanità, Suniglia, Tetti Vigna |
| Website: http://www.comune.savigliano.cn.it | |
Savigliano is a commune of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, 32 miles south of Turin by rail, 1053 feet above sea-level. It has a population of 19,893.
It has important ironworks, foundries, locomotive works and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments. It retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a fine collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I with Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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