Colleretto Giacosa | |
Official Name: | Comune di Colleretto Giacosa |
Coordinates: | 45.4333°N 54°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Metropolitan City: | Turin (TO) |
Frazioni: | Campana |
Mayor: | Ernesto Marco |
Area Total Km2: | 4.59 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 586 |
Population As Of: | 31 August 2021 |
Population Demonym: | Collerettese(i) |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Saint: | San Felice |
Day: | Third sunday of October |
Postal Code: | 10010 |
Area Code: | 0125 |
Colleretto Giacosa is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40km (30miles) north of Turin.
Colleretto Giacosa borders the following municipalities: Samone, Loranzè, Pavone Canavese, Parella, and San Martino Canavese.
The poet, playwright and librettist Giuseppe Giacosa (1847 – 1906) was born in the then Colleretto Parella, the town changed its name after him.