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Tonco: sights, history and trails

Asti

Elevation: 271 m above sea level
Area: 11.78 km²
Demonym: tunches and tonches
Patron saint: Saint Mary Assumption

A closer look

Discovering Tonco

Tonco (Toe in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 774 inhabitants^[2] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte, within the geographical area of Basso Monferrato. It is part of the hilly community Monferrato Valleversa, of which it houses the headquarters. It is a prevalent agricultural vocation.

History of Tonco

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Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Tonco were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 21 October 2004.^[5]

Coat of arms

«Party: in the first, of blue, to the lion of silver, tongued and red-bladed; the second, of silver, to the three bands of red, crossed by the rooted oak, with the trunk, roots, branches natural, the six branches encasing arches, three per part, leaflets of green, purple acorns. Exterior ornaments from the Municipality.»

In the civic emblem are remembered the noble personalities and houses who ruled Tonco from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance^[6]: the lion in the first partition almost certainly reproduces the blason of Gerard of Tonco, the first master of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem^[7]; the other half of the shield resumes the three bands of red and cork oak symbols of Family Natta.

Banner

"The gonfalone is a purple drapery richly decorated with silver embroidery and loaded with the coat of arms described above with the silver-centered inscription, bearing the name of the municipality.^[8]»

Society

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Demographic evolution

In the last hundred years, starting from 1921, the resident population It's halved..

Inhabitants registered^[9]

Culture

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Events

Ancient Giostra del Pitu, folkloric event that takes place every year one of the Sundays of April
Agrifiera Polles and oxes of your countries, a trade fair which takes place every year on the third Sunday of September

Infrastructure and transport

The Tonco-Alfiano stop is located along the Castagnole-Asti-Mortara railway, whose traffic has been suspended since 2012 .Explore this chapter

The Tonco-Alfiano stop is located along the Castagnole-Asti-Mortara railway, whose traffic has been suspended since 2012.

Economy

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Casorzo (company)

Administration

Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.Explore this chapter

Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.

Period		First citizen	Match	Load	Notes
June 11, 1985	1 June 1990	Gian Carlo Giovara	-	Mayor	^[10]
1 June 1990	April 24, 1995	Gian Carlo Giovara	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[10]
April 24, 1995	June 14, 1999	Gian Carlo Giovara	centre-left	Mayor	^[10]
June 14, 1999	February 23, 2001	Serafino Stobbione	civic list	Mayor	^[10]
March 16, 2001	May 28, 2002	Piero Remotti		Comm. Overtime	^[10]
May 28, 2002	May 29, 2007	Giancarlo Casorzo	civic list	Mayor	^[10]
May 29, 2007	7 May 2012	Giancarlo Casorzo	civic list	Mayor	^[10]
7 May 2012	June 11, 2017	Simonetta Amerio	civic list	Mayor	^[10]
June 11, 2017	June 12, 2022	Cesare Fratini	civic list	Mayor	^[10]
June 12, 2022	in office	Cesare Fratini	Civic list In campo per Tonco	Mayor	^[11]