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Alessandria

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Elevation
103 m above sea level
Area
6,07 km2
Demonym
Rivaronesi

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Discovering Rivarone

Rivarone (Rivaròn in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 396 inhabitants[1] from the province of Alessandria in the Piemonte. It is wet by the river Tanaro.

A country known for cherries, the typical product of the town is the "precocious" cherry, famous because it grows faster than others.

History of Rivarone

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Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone were granted with DPR on 26 September 1954.[4]

"Bandato di nero e d'argento di four pieces, al leone d'azzurro, flashed of red and crowned with gold, crossing."

The gonfalone is an intertwined drape in black, blue and white band.

What to see in Rivarone

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  • Parish church of the Nativity of Mary, built in the 16th century and restored in the 18th century

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered[5]

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 17, 1985 May 30, 1990 Pietro Bellora civic list Mayor [6]
May 30, 1990 November 11, 1991 Pietro Bellora Italian Socialist Party Mayor [6]
November 11, 1991 April 24, 1995 Umberto Battista Arzani Italian Socialist Party Mayor [6]
April 24, 1995 June 14, 1999 Umberto Battista Arzani centre-left Mayor [6]
June 14, 1999 June 14, 2004 Umberto Battista Arzani civic list Mayor [6]
June 14, 2004 June 8, 2009 Massimo Ponta civic list Mayor [6]
June 8, 2009 May 26, 2014 Carlo Venturino Lista civica Insieme per Rivarone Mayor [6]
May 26, 2014 May 26, 2019 Pietro Umberto Pilade Ragni civic list Mayor [6]
May 26, 2019 June 9, 2024 Elisabetta Tinello list of cities in Rivarone Mayor [6]
June 9, 2024 in office Elisabetta Tinello Civic list We Rivarone Mayor [6]

Other administrative information

In 1928, as part of the fascist mergers, the municipality of Rivarone was suppressed and its territory aggregated to the municipality of Rivarone. Bassignana. The municipality of Rivarone was then reconstituted in 1948.[7] From 1859 he was part of the Mandamento di Bassignana e del Circorio di Alessandria, until the suppression of the surrounding and mandamental authorities in 1927.

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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. ^ Bozzetti di coat of arms and gonfalone del Comune di Rivarone, up Central Archives of the State, Collection of drawings of coats of arms of municipalities and cities. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ Data taken from:
  6. ^ to b c d And f g h the j https://amministratori.interno.it/
  7. ^ Administrative history of Rivarone, up elesh.it.

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