Vigolzone | |
Official Name: | Comune di Vigolzone |
Coordinates: | 44.9167°N 49°W |
Region: | Emilia-Romagna |
Province: | Piacenza (PC) |
Frazioni: | Grazzano Visconti, Cabina, Borgo di Sotto, Villò, Albarola, Carmiano, Bicchignano, Veano, Chiulano |
Mayor: | Gianluca Argellati |
Area Total Km2: | 42.3 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 4275 |
Population As Of: | 30 September 2014 |
Population Demonym: | Vigolzonesi |
Elevation M: | 151 |
Saint: | St. John the Baptist |
Day: | June 24 |
Postal Code: | 29020 |
Area Code: | 0523 |
Vigolzone (Piacentino: Vigulson) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140km (90miles) northwest of Bologna and about 15km (09miles) south of Piacenza.
Vigolzone borders the following municipalities: Bettola, Podenzano, Ponte dell'Olio, Rivergaro, San Giorgio Piacentino, Travo.
In the early 20th century, the frazione of Grazzano received the name Visconti when Giuseppe Visconti, father of the filmmaker Luchino, restored the medieval castle built there by Gian Galeazzo Visconti.