Bosco Marengo
Bosco Marengo (Piemontese: Ël Bòsch) is a toun an comune (municipality) in the Province o Alessandria in the Italian region Piemont, locatit aboot 80 km sootheast o Turin an aboot 12 km sootheast o Alessandria.
Bosco Marengo | |
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| Comune di Bosco Marengo | |
 Parish kirk an Monument tae Pape Pius V | |
  Bosco Marengo Location o Bosco Marengo in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°49′N 8°40′E / 44.817°N 8.667°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Piemont |
| Province | Alessandria (AL) |
| Frazioni | Levata, Pollastra, Quattro Cascine |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Angela Lamborizio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.8 km2 (17.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,521 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Boschesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 15062 |
| Diallin code | 0131 |
| Patron saunt | St. Pius IV |
| Saunt day | April 30 |
Bosco Marengo borders the followin municipalities: Alessandria, Basaluzzo, Casal Cermelli, Fresonara, Frugarolo, Novi Ligure, Pozzolo Formigaro, Predosa, an Tortona.
Notable fowk
eedit- Pape Pius V (1504–1572)
- Michele Bonelli (1541–1598), cardinal an papal diplomat.
Nuclear enrichment plant
eeditThare wis a nuclear enrichment plant in Bosco Marengo, which stairtit operatin in 1973. In December 2008 it wis decidit that it should be decommissioned.[2]
References
eedit- ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR_First_nuclear_decommissioning_authorization_in_Italy_1212081.html