Spigno Monferrato

Spigno Monferrato
Comune
Comune di Spigno Monferrato

Coat of arms
Spigno Monferrato

Location of Spigno Monferrato in Italy

Coordinates: 44°32′39″N 8°20′6″E / 44.54417°N 8.33500°E
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Alessandria (AL)
Frazioni Montaldo, Rocchetta, Squaneto,[1] Turpino.[2]
Government
  Mayor Mauro Garbarino
Area
  Total 54.86 km2 (21.18 sq mi)
Elevation 217 m (712 ft)
Population (2005[3])
  Total 1,174
  Density 21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Demonym Spignesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 15018
Dialing code 0144
Patron saint Sant'Ambrogio
Saint day 7 December
Website Official website
The lake of S. Lorenzo

Spigno Monferrato[4] is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Turin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Alessandria.

History

The land of Spigno had previously been own by the Count of Sales, an illegitimate brother of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. It had previously been a fiefdom of the holy Roman Empire. In 1730 he married morganatically to Anna Canalis di Cumiana who was created the Marchioness of Spigno in her own right.

Bibliography

- Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Beyond Etymology: Historical Reconstruction and Diachronic Toponomastics through the Lens of a New Convergence Theory, in «Acta Linguistica. Journal for Theoretical Linguistics», vol. 8, n. 3 (2014), pp. 79-98, link paper.

References

  1. About the origins of the Squaneto's place name cf. Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Beyond Etymology: Historical Reconstruction and Diachronic Toponomastics through the Lens of a New Convergence Theory, in «Acta Linguistica. Journal for Theoretical Linguistics», vol. 8, n. 3 (2014), pp. 79-98, link paper.
  2. Comune di Spigno Monferrato (2004), Frazioni
  3. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ISTAT.
  4. About the origins of the Spigno Monferrato's place name cf. Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Beyond Etymology: Historical Reconstruction and Diachronic Toponomastics through the Lens of a New Convergence Theory, in «Acta Linguistica. Journal for Theoretical Linguistics», vol. 8, n. 3 (2014), pp. 79-98, link paper.