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Alessandria
- Elevation
- 420 (min 240, max 586) m above sea level.
- Area
- 9.04 km2
- Demonym
- Malvicians
- Patron saint
- San Michele
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Discovering Malvicino
Malvicino (Mavzin in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 78 inhabitants[2] from the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte.
It is the least populated municipality of Alexandria[5].
History of Malvicino
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Symbols
The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Malvicino were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 4 September 1998.[6]
«Intersed in band: in the first and third, of red, in the second, black and silver hull, thirty pieces and three shots; to the head of gold, loaded by the eagle of black, crowned of the same, supported by the line of partition. Exterior ornaments from Commune.[7]»
The gonfalone is a white drape with the edge of red.
What to see in Malvicino
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- Ancient parish church of San Michele, of ancient monastic foundation, perhaps Longobard, is mentioned in a document of 1179 where it is said that this is among the churches that Pope Alexander III recognize depends on the Abbey of San Quintino di Spigno Monferrato[8][9].
- Parish church of San Michele, built in 1577 replacing the ancient parish church of San Michele located outside the village.
- Church of the Disciplinati di Sant'Antonio, of late medieval age.
- Oratory of San Rocco (1647)
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[10]
Foreign ethnic groups and minorities
The resident foreign population consists of a single person of Albanian nationality, corresponding to 1,22% of the inhabitants.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 15, 1985 | October 28, 1989 | Carla Cavallero | civic list | Mayor | [11] |
| December 15, 1989 | November 21, 1994 | Carla Cavallero | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Mayor | [11] |
| November 28, 1994 | November 30, 1998 | Carla Cavallero | - | Mayor | [11] |
| November 30, 1998 | May 27, 2003 | Carla Cavallero | civic list | Mayor | [11] |
| June 10, 2003 | April 15, 2008 | Francesco Moretti | civic list | Mayor | [11] |
| April 15, 2008 | May 27, 2013 | Carla Cavallero | civic list | Mayor | [11] |
| May 27, 2013 | June 10, 2018 | Francesco Nicolotti | list: Spiga di Grano | Mayor | [11] |
| June 11, 2018 | May 14, 2023 | Francesco Nicolotti | list: Spiga di Grano | Mayor | [11] |
| May 14, 2023 | December 26, 2024 | Francesco Nicolotti | list: Spiga di Grano | Mayor | [11] |
Services available
- City hall
- Medical clinic
- Pro loco (organizer of multiple Easter festivals)
Notes
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- ^ Municipality of Malvicino (AL), up all'italia.it.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Municipalities in the province of Alessandria, up all'italia.it.
- ^ Malvicino, Decree 1998-09-04 DPR, concession of coat of arms and gonfalone, up Heraldic office - Municipal files, Central State Archives. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Piedmontese civic coat of arms, vol. II, Regional Council of Piemonte, 2016, p. 284, ISBN 978-88-96074-98-5.
- ^ Malvicino (AL): Pieve di San Michele - on the Archeocarta portal, archaeological map of Piemonte, up archeocarta.org.
- ^ The parish church of San Michele di Malvicino, up lnx.iislevimontalcini.it.
- ^ 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/
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