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Asti

Elevation: 424 (min 225 - max 470) m above sea level.
Area: 7.34 km2
Demonym: Berzanesi
Patron saint: Saint Peter

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Discovering Berzano di San Pietro

Berzano di San Pietro (Bersan in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 412 inhabitants^[2] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte.

History of Berzano di San Pietro

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The original form of the name is Briscianum, derived from a Gallo-Roman type personal name. The town is mentioned in documents since 1148 and was placed in 1226 under the high dominion of the marquises of Monferrato, while it was in the possession of the Rectory of Vezzolano. It came under Savoy rule in 1631.

Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone were granted with DPR on 11 March 1991.^[5]

Coat of arms

"Red, at the silver hand, with part of the forearm, cut, of the same, both places in pole, it hand view of back, seizing the two keys of St. Peter, of gold, placed in decusses, with the ingenious up and carved into a Greek crucifix, with the grips formed by two rectangles with the smused edges, five places in the cross field. Exterior ornaments from Commune.^[6]»

Banner

«Drappo di bianco, richly decorated with silver embroidery and loaded with the coat of arms of the city with the inscription center of silver bearing the name of the municipality. The metal parts and the cords will be silvered, the vertical rod will be covered with white velvet with silver-plated bullets placed in spiral. In the arrow will be represented the coat of arms of the municipality and on the stem engraved the name. Tie with tricoloured ribbons of national colours and silver fringes."

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered^[7]

Foreign ethnic groups and minorities

According to ISTAT data at 31 December 2015 the resident foreign population was 48 people. The nationalities most represented by their percentage of the total population living were:

Romania 29 (6.99%)

Administration

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Period		First citizen	Match	Load	Notes
April 23, 1995	June 13, 1999	Happy Fall	Center	Mayor	^[8]
June 13, 1999	June 12, 2004	Happy Fall	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
June 12, 2004	June 7, 2009	Sergio Teja	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
June 7, 2009	May 25, 2014	Sergio Teja	list of cities in the United States to Berzano San Pietro	Mayor	^[8]
May 25, 2014	May 26, 2019	Mario Lupo	list of cities A Berzano	Mayor	^[8]
May 26, 2019	in office	Mario Lupo	list of cities A Berzano Mario Lupo mayor	Mayor	^[8]

Twinning

Berzano di San Pietro is twinned with:^{[without source]}

Tașca
Tetchea
Gluda
Petritsi-Kerkini-Eraclia

Notes

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^ Municipality of Berzano di San Pietro : Municipal Administration and Mayor - Municipality of Berzano di San Pietro e città, Asti, Piemonte, up www.comune-italia.it. URL consulted on 5 August 2026.
^ ^to ^b Monthly demographic balance for the year 2026 (provisional data), up demo.istat.it, ISTAT.
^ Seismic classification (XLS), up risks.protezionecivile.gov.it.
^ Table of degrees/day of Italian Municipalities grouped by Region and Province (PDF), in Law 26 August 1993, n. 412, annex A, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 1 March 2011, p. 151. URL consulted on 25 April 2012 (archived fromoriginal url on 1 January 2017).
^ Berzano San Pietro, up Heraldic office - Municipal files, Central State Archives. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
^ Piedmontese civic coat of arms, vol. I, Regional Council of Piemonte, 2016, p. 48, ISBN 978-88-96074-98-5.
^
Data taken from:
- Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991 (PDF), up ebiblio.istat.it, ISTAT.
- Resident population - Time series, up exploredati.istat.it.
  Please note: 2021 data refers to permanent census data as of December 31 of that year.
^ ^to ^b ^c ^d ^And ^f https://amministratori.interno.it/

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