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Asti

Island of city hall.jpg
Image: F Ceragioli · CC BY-SA 3.0
Elevation
136 m above sea level
Area
13.5 km²
Demonym
islanders
Patron saint
St. Catherine

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Discovering Isola d'Asti

Isola d'Asti (Îsola d'Ast in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 1 873 inhabitants[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte.

History of Isola d'Asti

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Symbols

The coat of arms of the municipality of Isola d'Asti was granted by royal decree of 28 September 1929.[4]

«From the blue, to the square tower of gold, walled, open and window of black, covered with red, toped by a golden crucible, the tower placed above a narrow of natural soil. Exterior ornaments to the commune»

In the crest is represented the medieval civic tower that has been adapted to bell tower of the parish of San Pietro.

The municipal gonfalone was granted by the decree of the President of the Republic of 2 October 1989.[4]

"Depending on blue."

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered[5]

Infrastructure and transport

The village is affected by the route of the State Road 456 of Turchino .Explore this chapter

The village is affected by the route of the State Road 456 of the Turchino.

The Isola d'Asti station and Molini d'Isola stop, the latter at service of the homonymous fraction and suppressed in 2003, rise along the Castagnole-Asti-Mortara railway, closed to traffic in 2012 and reopened in 2018 to tourist trains along the route Asti-Castagnole Lanze-Nizza Monferrato.

Anthropic geography

The municipality consists of the capital, called Isola Piano, and the hamlets of Mongovone, Villa, Repergo, Chiappa, Molini.Explore this chapter

The municipality consists of the capital, called Isola Piano, and the hamlets of Mongovone, Villa, Repergo, Chiappa, Molini.

Administration

Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.Explore this chapter
The town hall

Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.

Period First citizen Match Load Notes
June 11, 1985 June 29, 1990 Piero Vastado Christian Democracy Mayor [6]
June 29, 1990 April 24, 1995 Piero Vastado Christian Democracy Mayor [6]
April 24, 1995 June 14, 1999 Alberto Carlo Botto People's Party Mayor [6]
June 14, 1999 June 14, 2004 Iron heath civic list Mayor [6]
June 14, 2004 June 8, 2009 Alberto Carlo Botto civic list Mayor [6]
June 8, 2009 May 26, 2014 Franco Giovanni Cavagnino civic list Mayor [6]
May 26, 2014 May 26, 2019 Fabrizio Pace Civic List Together for Island Mayor [6]
May 27, 2019 in office Michael Vitello list Civic island is Mayor [6]

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. ^ to b Isola d'Asti, up data.acs.beniculturali.it.
  5. ^ Data taken from:
  6. ^ to b c d And f g h http://amministratori.interno.it/

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