Villanova Monferrato | |
Official Name: | Comune di Villanova Monferrato |
Coordinates: | 45.1833°N 37°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Alessandria (AL) |
Mayor: | Fabrizio Bremide |
Area Total Km2: | 16.6 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1775 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Demonym: | Villanovesi |
Elevation M: | 111 |
Saint: | St. Emilianus |
Day: | July 16 |
Postal Code: | 15030 |
Area Code: | 0142 |
Villanova Monferrato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60km (40miles) east of Turin and about 30km (20miles) northwest of Alessandria and about 17km (11miles) south of Vercelli. Located in the plain to the left of the Po, it the most northerly comune in the province, and borders on the comuni of Caresana, Motta de' Conti, Rive, and Stroppiana in the Vercelli, as well as those of Balzola and Casale Monferrato in the Province of Alessandria.
Notable buildings include the 19th-century parish church of Sant'Emiliano, the oratory of the confraternity of San Michele, and the town hall which contains a painting by Pier Francesco Guala depicting the Virgin and Child and the saints Emilian and Bernardino of Siena.