Buttigliera Alta Explained

Buttigliera Alta
Official Name:Comune di Buttigliera Alta
Coordinates:45.0667°N 32°W
Region:Piedmont
Metropolitan City:Turin (TO)
Frazioni:Ferriera
Mayor:Paolo Ruzzola
Area Total Km2:8.1
Population Total:6409
Population As Of:30 November 2017 2017
Population Demonym:Buttiglieresi
Elevation M:414
Saint:St. Mark
Day:25 April
Postal Code:10090
Area Code:011

Buttigliera Alta is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin about 25km (16miles) from Turin in the Susa valley in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is not far to Avigliana, of which it once was a part.

History

It first became an autonomous fief in 1619 when Giovanni Carron received the fiefs of Buttigliera, Uriola, and Case Nicola - as well as the title of Count - from Duke Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy.

From that point in time the history of Buttigliera was intimately tied with the history of the Carron family. The last member of the family, Clementina Carron, died in April 1912.

In the 20th century, the FIAT group established one of its metallurgical factories in Ferriera, a frazione of Buttigliera Alta.

Main sights

Twin towns

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