- Elevation
- 200 m above sea level
- Area
- 9.11 km2
- Demonym
- Monales
- Patron saint
- St. Catherine of Alessandria
A closer look
Discovering Monale
Monale (Monal or ♪ in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 980 inhabitants[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte.
History of Monale
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Symbols
The coat of arms of the municipality of Monale was granted, together with the municipal gonfalone, by the decree of the President of the Republic of 17 November 1992.[4]
«Semispaccato party: to the first of red, to 3 golden roses, to 5 silver petals[5], ordered in band; to the second a rampant black dog, with a red tongue and collar; to the third gold, to the 5 fillets of red, in stake. The coat of arms has the attributes typical of the Municipality: the wreath of laurel and oak fronds and the turreted civic crown.[6]»
What to see in Monale
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- Castello Scarampi, inserted in the system of "Castelli Aperti" del Basso Piemonte: built on the ♪ San Giovanni in 1161, was restored in the 20th century by Gani accounts
- Parish church of St. Catherine of Egypt: of ancient origins, in 1678 it was enlarged and equipped with a bell tower
- Church of Santa Maria del Fonte: dating back to the 14th century, it was in the past home of the parish of Monale. In the seventeenth century it was enlarged, and today it plays the function of the cemetery church
- The Bastia : today it presents itself in the form of a 17th-century building that overlooks the country. It dates back to the beginning of the fourteenth century, when it was built as a rustic wooden fort, and gradually assumed the characteristics of a castle, inhabited by the best inhabitants of Monale.
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[7]
Foreign ethnic groups and minorities
According to ISTAT data on 1 January 2013 the resident foreign population was 72 people representing 7.1% of the entire resident population. The nationalities most represented by their percentage of the total living foreign population were:
- Romania 53 (73.71%)
- Morocco 9 (12.50%)
- Moldova 4 (5.56%)
- Germany 2 (2.78%)
- Poland 1 (1.39%)
- Albania 1 (1.39%)
- France 1 (1.39%)
- Dominican Republic 1 (1.39%)
Curiosity
In a green area with games for children at the entrance of the village, there is and preserved an exemplary of hunter-recognitor Fiat G.91T of the 32nd Stormo...Explore this chapter
In a green area with games for children at the entrance of the country, there is and preserved an exemplary of fighter-recognitor Fiat G.91T of the 32nd Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare italiana.
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 26, 1985 | May 25, 1990 | Giuseppe Bolla | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| May 25, 1990 | April 24, 1995 | Giuseppe Bolla | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [8] |
| April 24, 1995 | June 14, 1999 | Giuseppe Bolla | center | Mayor | [8] |
| June 14, 1999 | June 14, 2004 | Giuseppe Bolla | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| June 14, 2004 | June 8, 2009 | Felice Veglio | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| June 8, 2009 | May 25, 2014 | Sergio Magnetti | Civic list Monale that changes | Mayor | [8] |
| May 26, 2014 | May 25, 2019 | Sergio Magnetti | Civic list Monale that changes | Mayor | [8][9] |
| May 26, 2019 | June 10, 2024 | Sergio Magnetti | Civic list Monale that changes | Mayor | |
| June 10, 2024 | in office | Sergio Magnetti | Civic list Monale that changes | Mayor | |
Other administrative information
The municipality is part of the hilly community Valtriversa.
Twinning
Cazouls-d'Hérault, since 2010[10]
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).
- ^ Monale d'Asti now Monale, decree 1992-11-17 DPR, concession of coat of arms and gonfalone, up Heraldic office - Municipal files, Central State Archives. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ That is silver roses, barrels and gold dotted.
- ^ Piedmontese civic coat of arms, vol. II, Regional Council of Piemonte, 2016, p. 311, ISBN 978-88-96074-98-5.
- ^ 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 https://amministratori.interno.it/
- ^ Municipality of Monale, La Repubblica; results online at www.republic.it (consulted in June 2014)
- ^ Cazouls D'Herault: Twinning, up Municipality of Monale. Retrieved 3 January 2015 (archived fromoriginal url on 4 January 2015).
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