| Pecetto di Valenza | |
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| — Comune — | |
| Comune di Pecetto di Valenza | |
  Pecetto di Valenza
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| Coordinates: 44°59′27″N 8°40′19″E / 44.99083°N 8.67194°ECoordinates: 44°59′27″N 8°40′19″E / 44.99083°N 8.67194°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Province of Alessandria (AL) |
| Frazioni | Gasparini, Molina, Pellizzari |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Flavio Vittorio De Stefani, list civica, elected 14 June 2004, re-elected 13 June 2009.[1] |
| Area [2] | |
| - Total | 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | 212 m (696 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2008)[2] | |
| - Total | 1,282 |
| - Density | 111.5/km2 (288.7/sq mi) |
| - Demonym | Pecettesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 15040 |
| Dialing code | 0131 |
| Patron saint | San Remigio [3] |
| Saint day | First Sunday in October |
| Website | www.comune.pecettodivalenza.al.it |
Pecetto di Valenza, Apsèj in Piedmontese, is a commune of the Province of Alessandria in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy with a population of 1282 (December 2008 estimate). It is located to the south of the river Po, and about 8 km northeast of the provincial capital of Alessandria, on an eastern spur of the hills of the Basso Monferrato. The commune’s neighbours are Alessandria, Bassignana, Montecastello, Pietra Marazzi, and Valenza.[2][4]
The municipal boundaries enclose an area of 11.5 km² which ranges in altitude between 85 and 261 metres above sea level and is predominantly agricultural in character: the economy is largely based on the cultivation of cereals and grapes. Four distinct settlements are identified in the Statuto comunale as ‘historically recognised by the community’; these were also the four designated places for the 2001 census. Pecetto di Valenza itself, which stands at 212 metres above sea level and is the capoluogo of the commune, was the most populous with 499 of the commune’s 1,312 inhabitants. Pellizzari (407 m) had a population of 120. Gasperini (192 m) had 30 inhabitants and Molina (171 m) 16. A further 360 residents, 27% of the, were counted in isolated dwellings such as farm houses.[2][4][5][6]
Notable Pecettesi
Giuseppe Borsalino, who gave his name to the Borsalino hat-making company which he developed in Alessandria, was born in Pecetto di Valenza in 1834.[7]
Historical population figures
References
- ^ ‘Flavio Vittorio De Stefani’, openpolis.
- ^ a b c d e Elenco comuni italiani 30 ottobre 2009 (Excel spreadsheet file), Istat, 2009.
- ^ Comune di Pecetto di Valenza: Storia: l’Economia.
- ^ a b ‘Pecetto di Valenza’, Alessandria – 190 comuni: Monferrato e oltre, Provincia di Alessandria: Dipartimento Economia e Sviluppo.
- ^ Statuto comunale, Comune di Pecetto di Valenza. [Not dated, but 1990s.
- ^ ‘Popolazione residente - Alessandria (dettaglio loc. abitate)’, 2001 Census, Istat.
- ^ ‘Uomini illustri: Giuseppe Borsalino’, Comune di Pecetto di Valenza.
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