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Villaromagnano: sights, history and trails

Alessandria

Elevation: 170 m above sea level
Area: 6,07 km2
Demonym: villas
Patron saint: San Michele

A closer look

Discovering Villaromagnano

Villaromagnano (La Vilëtta in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 644 inhabitants^[1] from the province of Alessandria in the Piemonte, located on the hills southeast of Tortona, on the Ossona stream.

Origins of the name

It is named as a Romanesque villa that indicated a quadrilateral of houses, thickened around a central courtyard, where there was a large parallelepipedo which served as a...Explore this chapter

It takes the name from Romanesque villa name indicating a quadrilateral of houses, thickened around a central courtyard, where there was a large parallelepipedo that served as Torre.

History of Villaromagnano

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A first settlement of the municipality's capital dates back to the times of Julius Caesar where there were several "Villae".
Later, with the end of the Roman Empire, Christianization begins with the erection of the church of San Michele and San Giovanni.^[4]

Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 17 June 1968.^[5]

"Red, to the silver tower, three of the guelphas, walled with black, open of the field. Exterior ornaments from Commune.^[6]»

The gonfalone is a truncated drape of white and red.

What to see in Villaromagnano

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Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo, dedicated to the patron saint of the village
Church of the Madonnina of Fonti, small church present in the hamlet of Fonti

Society

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Demographic evolution

Inhabitants registered^[7]

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 20, 1985	May 26, 1990	Bruno Gatti	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Mayor	^[8]
May 26, 1990	April 24, 1995	Bruno Gatti	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Mayor	^[8]
April 24, 1995	June 14, 1999	Carlo Borasi	centre-left	Mayor	^[8]
June 14, 1999	June 14, 2004	Carlo Agostino Borasi	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
June 14, 2004	June 8, 2009	Giuliano Albertino Guerci	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
June 8, 2009	May 25, 2014	Giuliano Guerci	Civic list Campanile among bay leafs	Mayor	^[8]
May 26, 2014	May 27, 2019	Giuliano Guerci	Civic list Campanile among bay leafs	Mayor	^[8]
May 27, 2019	June 9, 2024	Luciano Pavese	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
June 9, 2024	in office	Filippo Alberto Fava	civic list Continuiamo together	Mayor	^[8]

Sport

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Soccer

The main football team of the city is the Amateur Sports Association Villaromagnano Calcio, never pushed beyond the local amateur divisions.

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).
^ History, up common.villaromagnano.al.it. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ Villaromagnano, up Central State Archive. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ Municipality of Villaromagnano – (AL), up araldicacivica.it. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
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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 http://amministratori.interno.it/

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