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Montemarzino: sights, history and trails

Alessandria

Elevation: 448 m above sea level
Area: 9.85 km2
Demonym: Montemarzine
Patron saint: John the Baptist

A closer look

Discovering Montemarzino

Montemarzino (Montmarin in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 311 inhabitants^[1] from the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte.

Landscape and area

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Region

The municipal territory was part of the Community Montana Valli Curone Grue and Ossona.

In the hamlet of Reguardia there was the olm of Montemarzino, a monumental tree.

Climate

Origin of the name

It was mentioned in 1074 by the name of Monsmorixinus, who became Monsmorisinus and then similar forms to Montemurixino, therefore with the sense of Monte Mauricino, that is Monte dei...Explore this chapter

Compare quoted in 1074 with the name of Monsmorixinus, become Monsmorisinus and then similar forms up to Montemurixino, therefore with the meaning of Monte Mauricino, i.e. Monte dei Mori, with reference to a settlement of these populations.^[4]

History of Montemarzino

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Ancient imperial fief of Oltrepò pavese, since 1595 the Marquis Doria from which it passes by succession in 1685 to the Spanish branch of Spinola, Marquisi di Los Balbases, duchi di Severino e Sesto, lords of Casalnoceto, Rosano and Barisonzo. Governed with a feudal system by the marquises Paolo Vincenzo known as Ambrogio (1685-99) and by Carlo Filippo Antonio (1699-1721), Ambrogio II Gaetano (1721-1724), in 1753 Gioacchino ceded the feudal statelet to the Savoys.

Between 1859 and 1926 it is part of the mandate of Volpedo, around Tortona.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the rock extracted from a quarry in Zebedassi. This rock, used as a building material for centuries, was not included in the minerals then known and for so long has been attributed its own name of zebedassite.^[5]

Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 29 March 2012.^[6]^[7]

"From silver, to the cross of Sant'Andrea diminished of blue, crossed by the towering castle centrally red, brick of black, crenellated to the guelfa, the splendour of seven, the tower of three, closed of black, window of two, a window above the door, one in the tower, of the same. Exterior ornaments from the Municipality.»

(Presidential Decree of 29 March 2012)

The banner is a blue cloth.

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered^[8]

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 30, 1985	June 12, 1990	Silverio Pietranera	civic list	Mayor	^[9]
June 12, 1990	April 24, 1995	Silverio Pietranera	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[9]
April 24, 1995	June 14, 1999	Mario Mutti	centre-right	Mayor	^[9]
June 25, 1999	June 14, 2004	Ugo Davico	civic list	Mayor	^[9]
June 14, 2004	April 21, 2009	Massimo Vittorio Berutti	civic list	Mayor	^[9]
May 13, 2009	June 8, 2009	Stefano Piccolo		Comm. pref.	^[9]
June 8, 2009	May 26, 2014	Claudio Ferrari	Civic list: together to grow!	Mayor	^[9]
May 26, 2014	May 26, 2019	Claudio Marazzi	Civic list: united to continue growing!	Mayor	^[9]
May 26, 2019	June 9, 2024	Giammattia Nicolini Berutti	Civic list: united to continue growing!	Mayor	^[9]
June 9, 2024	in office	Alessandro Davico	Civic list: united to continue growing!	Mayor	^[9]

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).
^ Renzo Ambrogio, Italian names. Origin and meaning of geographical names and all municipalities, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 2009, p. 411.
^ Anna Maria Salone Gobat, Val Grue. Short historical news about the valley villages (PDF), in Ianuensis non nascitur sed fit. Studies for Dino Puncuh. Paintings of the Ligurian Society of Patria History, no. 7, Genoa, 2019, pp. 1216-1217, ISSN 2464-9767 (Toilet · ACNP).
^ Montemarzino (Alessandria) D.P.R. 29.03.2012 concession of coat of arms and rubber, up Presidency.governo.it. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^ Montemarzino, up araldicacivica.it. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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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 ^j http://amministratori.interno.it/