Costa Vescovato Explained

Costa Vescovato
Official Name:Comune di Costa Vescovato
Coordinates:44.8°N 63°W
Region:Piedmont
Province:Alessandria (AL)
Frazioni:Arpicella, Casale Montesoro, Cascina San Leto, Cascina Sposino, Montale Celli, Sarizzola
Mayor:Ottavio Rube
Area Total Km2:7.7
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:369
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Demonym:Costaioli
Elevation M:305
Postal Code:15050
Area Code:0131

Costa Vescovato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100km (100miles) southeast of Turin and about 25km (16miles) southeast of Alessandria. It borders the municipalities of Avolasca, Carezzano, Castellania Coppi, Cerreto Grue, Montegioco, Paderna, and Villaromagnano.

History

It was one of the territories subject to the temporal dominion of the Bishops of Tortona, hence the name that literally means "bishop's ridge". Subject, like the whole territory, to the expansionist aims of the Duchy of Milan, it was the scene of jurisdictional conflicts between the bishops and the Spanish government first and then the Savoy government. After the Napoleonic period it became definitively a territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

References

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