San Giuseppe di Casto explained

San Giuseppe di Casto
Coordinates:	45.6197°N 8.0739°W
Province:	Biella (BI)
Comune:	Andorno Micca
Elevation Footnotes:	^[1]
Elevation M:	669
Postal Code:	13811
Area Code:	(+39) 015

San Giuseppe di Casto is a frazione (and parish) of the municipality of Andorno Micca, in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Overview

It is a village located some km north-east from the centre of Andorno and takes its name from Saint Joseph and from the Monte Casto, a mountain which dominates from north the village.

History

Since 1929 San Giuseppe di Casto was a separate comune (municipality).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
2. Comune di San Giuseppe di Casto, Francesca Ortolano (care of); Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche, http://siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it/cgi-bin/pagina.pl?TipoPag=prodente&Chiave=20699 (accessed on July 2012)