Montaldo Bormida Explained

Montaldo Bormida
Official Name:Comune di Montaldo Bormida
Coordinates:44.6833°N 43°W
Region:Piedmont
Province:Alessandria (AL)
Mayor:Barbara Ravera
Area Total Km2:5.6
Population Total:619
Population As Of:30 November 2019[1]
Population Demonym:Montaldesi
Elevation M:334
Postal Code:15010
Area Code:0143

Montaldo Bormida is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80km (50miles) southeast of Turin and about 25km (16miles) south of Alessandria.

As part of the Marquisate of Montferrat, Montaldo Bormida had a succession of feudal lords: the Della Valle family of Trisobbio, the Ferraris of Orsara, the Centurione, Spinola and Pallavicino families.[2]

Montaldo Bormida borders the following municipalities: Carpeneto, Orsara Bormida, Rivalta Bormida, Sezzadio, and Trisobbio. The first Seventh-day Adventist Church in Italy was built in Montaldo Bormida in 1925.

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Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Carlo Prosperi, "I della Valle di Trisobbio: breve storia di una casa e di una casata altomonferrina" in Urbs silva et flumen, Accademia Urbense di Ovada pp. 26-42, 1(2006).