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Alessandria

Panorama orsara bormida.jpg
Image: Baldovino Dura · Attribution
Elevation
220 m above sea level
Area
5.1 km2
Demonym
orsaresis
Patron saint
San Martino

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Discovering Orsara Bormida

Orsara Bormida (The Ursera in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 375 inhabitants[1] from the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte, on the right bank of the Bormida river.

What to see in Orsara Bormida

The tower of sighting of the local castle was built in 1000; in the fourteenth century there was added a second octagonal tower.Explore this chapter

The tower of sighting the local castle, built in 1000, was built in the 14th century and a second octagonal tower was added; it annexed an oratory. It is part of the "Open Castles" system in Lower Piemonte.

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered[4]

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 25, 1985 6 June 1990 Sergio Ragazzo Christian Democracy Mayor [5]
6 June 1990 8 May 1993 Sergio Ragazzo Christian Democracy Mayor [5]
May 18, 1993 April 24, 1995 Roberto Vacca Christian Democracy Mayor [5]
April 24, 1995 June 14, 1999 Sergio Ragazzo Christian Democracy Mayor [5]
June 14, 1999 June 14, 2004 Roberto Vacca civic list Mayor [5]
June 14, 2004 June 8, 2009 Roberto Vacca civic list Mayor [5]
June 8, 2009 May 29, 2014 Giuseppe Ricci civic list: together for orsara Mayor [5]
May 26, 2014 May 26, 2019 Stefano Rossi Civic list: the medieval tower Mayor [5]
May 26, 2019 June 9, 2024 Stefano Rossi list: tower Mayor [5]
June 9, 2024 in office Stefano Rossi Civic list: tower on tree-lined hill Mayor [5]

Other administrative information

He was part of the Union of Common Union of Castles between Orba and Bormida, together with five other countries: Trisobbio, Montaldo Bormida, Castelnuovo Bormida, Cremolino, Carpeneto.

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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. ^ Data taken from:
  5. ^ to b c d And f g h the j Register of local and regional administrators, up administrators. interno.it.

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