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Alessandria

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Elevation: 186 m above sea level
Area: 11.97 km²
Demonym: Bridges
Patron saint: San Sebastiano

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Discovering Ponti

Ponti (Púit in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 492 inhabitants^[1] of the Monferrato alessandrino, which rises on the banks of the Bormida river, located in Province of Alessandria, in Piemonte.

History of Ponti

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The origins of Ponti's commune are to be found in the pre-Roman era: historical sources date its foundation at the same time with the nearby Acqui Terme (Aquae Statiellae).
During Roman domination the village was given the name of Pontum, from the bridges that the Romans built on the Bormida River during the construction of the Via Emilia Scauri. Still today, in memory of this important Roman communication route, you can see an Antonina column (a road sign from the Roman era) in the portico of the civic palace of the municipality. In even more remote times the area that is now Ponti was inhabited by the Ligurian Stazielli who are the founders of today's Acqui Terme.

Symbols

"From gold, to five bands of red, crossed by the silver belt, loaded with three wheels of five rays of the second. Exterior ornaments from the Municipality.»

The municipal coat of arms resumes the symbols of the Del Carretto family and was granted by royal decree of 25 June 1931.^[4] The gonfalone is a red drape, granted with RD of 19 October 1933.^[4]

Society

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Demographic evolution

In the last hundred years, starting from 1921, the resident population decreased by 75 %.

Inhabitants registered^[5]

Culture

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Events

The pontoon festival

The pontoon festival is the most important feast of the country and takes place every year on the second last Sunday of carnival.

The founder of the pontoon dates back to the second half of the sixteenth century, the Marquis Cristoforo del Carretto known for its courtesy and charity. For these reasons, a group of Chaldeans from Dipignano, a village in the Cosentino, arrived in 1571 at Ponti, and before the Marquis asked him for asylum and food. In return, they offered the noble their skill and skill in preparing for victories. It was so that the Marquis gave them a huge pair promising them to fill it with flour if they were able to repair it. The noble Cristoforo del Carretto kept the word in the company, giving them a large amount of polenta flour. Today's polentars are part of the Italian Master Polentari. The tradition of polenta is also the reason for the twinning of Pontese with Dipignano.

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 14, 1988	7 June 1993	Peter Malware	-	Mayor	^[6]
7 June 1993	April 28, 1997	Giuseppe Adorno	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[6]
April 28, 1997	May 14, 2001	Giuseppe Adorno	civic list	Mayor	^[6]
May 14, 2001	May 30, 2006	Giovanni Alossa	civic list	Mayor	^[6]
May 30, 2006	May 16, 2011	Giovanni Alossa	civic list	Mayor	^[6]
May 16, 2011	6 June 2016	Claudio Paroldi	list: us for Ponti	Mayor	^[6]
6 June 2016	October 3, 2021	Piero Luigi Roso	list: us for Ponti	Mayor	^[6]
October 3, 2021	in office	Antonella Giuseppina Poggio	Civic list: together for Ponti	Mayor	^[6]

Sport

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Soccer

The Ponti Football ASD

The amateur sport association of Ponti Calcio was born in July 2007 by a group of young pontificates. The team's field is located in Via Campo Sportivo in Ponti. The team currently plays in the FIGC second-class championship. The colors of the team are red and gold.

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).
^ ^to ^b Ponti, up Central State Archive. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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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 http://amministratori.interno.it/