Fraconalto

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Fraconalto
Comune
Comune di Fraconalto

Coat of arms
Fraconalto
Location of Fraconalto in Italy
Coordinates: 44°35′N 8°52′E / 44.583°N 8.867°E / 44.583; 8.867
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Alessandria (AL)
Frazioni Castagnola, Freccia, Molini, Tegli
Government
  Mayor Andrea Bagnasco
Area
  Total 15.8 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Elevation 725 m (2,379 ft)
Population (31 December 2008)[1]
  Total 371
  Density 23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Demonym Fraconaltesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 15060
Dialing code 010

Fraconalto (until 1927, Fiaccone) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria and 20 km from Genoa-Pontedecimo.

It is in the Ligurian Appennines, near the Bocchetta Pass in the upper Val Lemme. Nearby is the artificial Lake Busalletta.

References

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



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