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Elevation
291 m above sea level
Area
4.05 km²
Demonym
Coazzolesi
Patron saint
San Siro

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Discovering Coazzolo

Coazzolo (Coasseul or Coasseul d'Ast in Piedmont, to distinguish it from Coasseul d'Ivrèja - in Italian Quassolo - and from Coasseul ëd Turin - in Italian Coassolo Torinese -) is an Italian municipality of 283 inhabitants[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte.

History of Coazzolo

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Coazzolo was already inhabited in Roman times and had the name of Coatolium. At the end of 1200 the town, already belonging to the diocese of Alba, was occupied by the astesis who infeuded him to the Cacherano family. Later he passed to Casa Savoia that on 14 April 1577 defended the territory, Philip I d'Este[4]. At the beginning of the twentieth century it was a hamlet of Castagnole delle Lanze.

Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Coazzolo were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 31 May 1999.[5]

"Inquarified: in the first, of red, to the eagle of black, crowned with crown of the ancient of 3 points of the same; in the second and third, banded nebula of silver and black; in the fourth, of gold, to the bunch of purple, joined to the tralcio of green, placed in band and pampinose of 2 of the same. The harp is subjected to a brief with the motto: AUDACES VINCUNT. The harp has the attributes of the Municipality: the serto of bay leafs and oak and the civic crown turrita.[6]»

The gonfalone is a rectangular white drape.

What to see in Coazzolo

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  • Church of the Blessed Virgin, in the midst of vineyards, painted by artist David Tremlett
  • Vigna dei Pastelli, scenic and with a wide view over the surrounding hills

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered[7]

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 4, 1985 7 December 1988 Luciano Reineri Christian Democracy Mayor [8]
February 15, 1989 May 20, 1990 Pasquale Anfosso civic list Mayor [8]
May 20, 1990 April 24, 1995 Pasquale Anfosso civic list Mayor [8]
April 24, 1995 June 14, 1999 Pasquale Anfosso People's Party Mayor [8]
June 14, 1999 June 14, 2004 Ivo Bartolomeo Biancotto civic list Mayor [8]
June 14, 2004 June 7, 2009 Ivo Bartolomeo Biancotto civic list Mayor [8]
June 8, 2009 May 26, 2014 Fabio Carosso civic list Mayor [8]
May 26, 2014 May 26, 2019 Fabio Carosso civic list Impegno collaboration Mayor [8]
May 26, 2019 in office Ivo Bartolomeo Biancotto civic list Impegno collaboration Mayor [8]

Notes

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  1. ^ to b Monthly demographic balance for the year 2026 (provisional data), up demo.istat.it, ISTAT.
  2. ^ Seismic classification (XLS), up risks.protezionecivile.gov.it.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ Gustavo Mola di Nomaglio, Feeds and nobility in the states of Savoy, Historical Society of the Lanzo Valleys, 2006, p. 542.
  5. ^ Coazzolo, decree 1999-05-31 DPR, concession of coat of arms and gonfalone, up data.acs.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ Regional Council Piemonte (edited by), Piedmontese civic coat of arms, vol. I, A-L, 2016, p. 176, ISBN 978-88-96074-98-5.
  7. ^ Data taken from:
  8. ^ to b c d And f g h the Register of local and regional administrators, up administrators. interno.it.

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