Saluggia

Saluggia
—  Comune  —
Comune di Saluggia
Saluggia
Location of Saluggia in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Vercelli (VC)
Frazioni Sant'Antonino di Saluggia
Government
 • Mayor Marco Pasteris
Area
 • Total 31.7 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation 194 m (636 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)[1]
 • Total 4,128
 • Density 130.2/km2 (337.3/sq mi)
Demonym Saluggesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 13040
Dialing code 0161
Patron saint St. Gratus
Saint day 6 September
Website Official website

Saluggia (Salugia in Piedmontese) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km southwest of Vercelli, near the Dora Baltea river.

It is renowned in Italy and abroad for the production of beans and also for having a storage site for nuclear wastes.

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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