Cerrina Monferrato

Cerrina Monferrato
Cerrina Monferrato
—  Comune  —
Comune di Cerrina Monferrato

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Cerrina Monferrato is located in Italy
Cerrina Monferrato
Location of Cerrina Monferrato in Italy
Coordinates: 45°7′N 8°13′E / 45.117°N 8.217°E / 45.117; 8.217Coordinates: 45°7′N 8°13′E / 45.117°N 8.217°E / 45.117; 8.217
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Alessandria (AL)
Frazioni Valle, Montalero, Piancerreto, Montaldo, Rosingo [1]
Government
 – Mayor Aldo Visca (lista civica, elected 08 June 2009)
Area
 – Total 17.1 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Elevation 225 m (738 ft)
Population (1 January 2009)[2]
 – Total 1,577
 – Density 92.2/km2 (238.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 15020
Dialing code 0142
Patron saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint day 28 July

Cerrina Monferrato (population c.1600) is a commune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km east of Turin and about 40 km north-west of Alessandria. Its municipal borders enclose an area of 17.1 km², which ranges in altitude between 158 and 422 metres above sea level, and touch Gabiano to the north, Mombello Monferrato to the east, Castelletto Merli and Odalengo Piccolo to the south, and Odalengo Grande and Villamiroglio to the west. The two principal population centres are Valle Cerrina which had a population of 583 at the time of the 2001 census, and Cerrina itself, the historic centre and capoluogo which had a population of 353. Montalero (pop. 35) and Rosingo (pop. 261) were both communes in their own right until 1928. The other settlements include Montaldo, Piancerreto and Gaminella: although the last lies mostly within the commune of Mombello Monferrato.[3][4]

Notable curiosities

In 2005 Cerrina was the epicentre of swarms of locusts or grasshoppers (the local Calliptamus italicus) which, unprecedented in their magnitude and moving at speeds of up to 55 km/h, threatened the vineyards of Monferrato and the province of Asti. Mayor of Cerrina Pier Valentino Piva was quoted as saying that ‘there are thousands of them massed on the walls of our houses from morning to night. It seems as though here we are living through a scourge from the Bible’. [5]

References

  1. ^ Statuto Comunale, Comune di Cerrina.
  2. ^Popolazione residente al 1 Gennaio 2009 per età, sesso e stato civile: Cerrina Monferrato’, Istat, 2009.
  3. ^ Sandro Lombardini, [http://www.regione.piemonte.it/cultura/guarini/schede/al/dwd/cerrina.pdf Comune di Cerrina, Schede storico-territoriali dei comuni del Piemonte, (Regione Piemonte, 2002).
  4. ^ ‘Popolazione residente - Alessandria (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001’, 2001 Census, Istat.
  5. ^ John Phillips, ‘Plague of locusts threatens Italian vineyards’, The Independent, 23 July 2005.



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