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Castel Rocchero: sights, history and trails

Asti

Elevation: 414 m above sea level
Area: 5,63 km2
Demonym: chaelrocchese
Patron saint: Saint Andrew the Apostle

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Discovering Castel Rocchero

Castel Rocchero (Castel Roché in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 350 inhabitants^[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte.

History of Castel Rocchero

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Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 28 September 1959.^[4]

"From the blue, to the natural castle, turret of one, on the left, founded on the green hill, cinto right of a wheat esp and on the left of a fruity grape pampino, all natural. The harp has the attributes of the Municipality: the serto of bay leafs and oak and the civic crown turrita.^[5]»

The gonfalone is a white drape.

Society

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Demographic evolution

The resident population has been halved in the last hundred years, starting from 1921.

Inhabitants registered^[6]

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 10, 1985	May 28, 1990	Piero Bo	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[7]
May 28, 1990	October 12, 1993	Piero Bo	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[7]
October 20, 1993	April 24, 1995	Ameglia Boido	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
April 24, 1995	June 14, 1999	Ameglia Boido	center	Mayor	^[7]
June 14, 1999	June 14, 2004	Ameglia Boido	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
June 14, 2004	June 7, 2009	Benito Marchelli	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
June 8, 2009	May 26, 2014	Luigi Iuppa	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
May 26, 2014	June 10, 2024	Luigi Iuppa	list civic Profile country	Mayor	^[7]
June 10, 2024	in office	Matteo Menotti	Civic list The Future is Castel Rocchero	Mayor	^[7]

Notes

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^ ^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).
^ Castel Rocchero, up Heraldic office - Municipal files, Central State Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ Piedmontese civic coat of arms, vol. I, Regional Council of Piemonte, 2016, p. 128, ISBN 978-88-96074-98-5.
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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 ^g ^h ^the http://amministratori.interno.it/