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Brignano-Frascata: sights, history and trails
Alessandria
- Elevation
- 288 m above sea level
- Area
- 17.53 km²
- Demonym
- Brignani
- Patron saint
- Saint James
A closer look
Discovering Brignano-Frascata
Brignano Frascata (Bërgnau and Frascà in the local dialect) is an Italian municipality of 419 inhabitants[2] of Val Curone, in province of Alessandria, in the south-eastern Piemonte, about 4 km from the border with Lombardy. It is located on the banks of the Curone stream and develops along the side of a slightly hilly area. It has an almost exclusively agricultural development. There are numerous fruit crops.
History of Brignano-Frascata
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Already frequented in the Neolithic, as evidenced by the finds in locality Serra del Monte, the municipal territory of Brignano-Frascata was given in fief by the Duke of Milan to the genoese family of Spinola (1375).
At the dawn of 1 June 1478 Napoleon Spinola and Giovanni Antonio Spinola killed in the castle of Brignano the Baptist brother and his three sons; one of the daughters naked died shortly after for injuries reported. Following the confiscation of the assets of the murderers, the fief passed to Enrico Bigurra, son-in-law of Baptist, who sold it in 1485 to Cavalchino Guidobono for 13 500 imperial liras.
From 1685 to 1800 he belonged to the Ferraris of San Sebastiano. It was established jointly in 1928 following the merger of the municipalities of Brignano del Curone and Frascata. From that date and until 1947, the commune also included the territory of the municipality of Momperone.
Symbols
The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Brignano Frascata were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 9 July 1958.[5]
The gonfalone is a truncated drape of red and yellow.[7]
What to see in Brignano-Frascata
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Civil and military architectures
The castle of Brignano, of structural plant dating back to the seventeenth century, was restored in medieval style in the last century and expanded (castelnuovo) in 1936 by Alfonso Bruzzo of Genoa.
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[8]
Anthropic geography
The small town of Serra del Monte, located exactly along the border between Piemonte and Lombardy, while being in practice a single entity, is divided into two fractions from the...Explore this chapter
The small town of Serra del Monte, located exactly along the border between Piemonte and Lombardy, while being in practice a single entity, is divided into two fractions of the same name and neighboring each other, located one in the municipal territory of Brignano-Frascata (AL) and the other in that of Cecima (PV).[9][10]
Administration
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Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.
| Period | First citizen | Match | Load | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 1980 | June 18, 1985 | Wishing for Poggio | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [11] |
| June 18, 1985 | June 8, 1990 | Wishing for Poggio | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [12] |
| June 8, 1990 | April 24, 1995 | Ferruccio Poggio | Italian Socialist Party | Mayor | [12] |
| April 24, 1995 | June 14, 1999 | Luigi Francesco Domenegotti | centre-left | Mayor | [12] |
| June 14, 1999 | June 14, 2004 | Anselm Morgavi | civic list | Mayor | [12] |
| June 14, 2004 | June 8, 2009 | Anselm Morgavi | civic list | Mayor | [12] |
| June 8, 2009 | May 26, 2014 | Roberto Mandirola | civic list | Mayor | [12] |
| May 26, 2014 | May 27, 2019 | Roberto Mandirola | Lista civica Insieme per Brignano Frascata | Mayor | [12] |
| May 27, 2019 | June 9, 2024 | Alessandro Davico | Lista civica Insieme per Brignano Frascata | Mayor | [12] |
| June 9, 2024 | in office | Alessandro Davico | Lista civica Insieme per Brignano Frascata | Mayor | [12] |
Other administrative information
The commune was part of the Community Montana Valli Curone Grue and Ossona.
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- ^ Municipality of Brignano-Frascata : Municipal Administration and Mayor - City of Brignano-Frascata e città, Alessandria, 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).
- ^ Brignano Frascata, decree 1958-07-09 DPR, concession of coat of arms and gonfalone, up Heraldic office - Municipal files, Central State Archives. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Piedmontese civic coat of arms, vol. I, Regional Council of Piemonte, 2016, p. 72, ISBN 978-88-96074-98-5.
- ^ Bozzetti di coat of arms and gonfalone del Comune di Brignano Frascata, up Collection of drawings from the coat of arms of municipalities and cities, Central State Archives. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fraction of Brignano-Frascata, up portalabruzzo.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015 (archived fromoriginal url on 24 September 2015).
- ^ Fraction of Cecima, up portalabruzzo.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015 (archived fromoriginal url on 24 September 2015).
- ^ Almost all elect the juntas in the dovenaise, in Seven Days in Tortona, 5 July 1980, p. 7.
- ^ to b c d And f g h the http://amministratori.interno.it/