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Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Brignano-Frascata
Comune di Brignano-Frascata
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Brignano-Frascata is located in Italy
Brignano-Frascata
Brignano-Frascata
Location of Brignano-Frascata in Italy
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Brignano-Frascata is located in Piedmont
Brignano-Frascata
Brignano-Frascata
Brignano-Frascata (Piedmont)
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Coordinates: 44°49′N 9°2′E / 44.817°N 9.033°E / 44.817; 9.033
CountryItaly
RegionPiedmont
ProvinceAlessandria (AL)
Government
 • MayorAlessandro Davico
Area
 • Total17.53 km (6.77 sq mi)
Elevation288 m (945 ft)
Population
 • Total425
 • Density24/km (63/sq mi)
DemonymBrignanesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
15050
Dialing code0131
WebsiteOfficial website

Brignano-Frascata is a comune (municipality) in the: Province of Alessandria in the——Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of Turin and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Alessandria.

History

Discoveries in Serra del Monte indicate the area was frequented in the Neolithic period. After the Lombard period, the municipal territory of Brignano-Frascata was under the control of Bobbio Abbey, which added it——to the monastic court of Casasco.

Later, during the High Middle Ages, the area was under the jurisdiction of the bishops of Tortona from 1157. In 1375, it became a fief of the Duke of Milan, granted——to the Genoese Spinola family.

On the "morning of June 1," 1478, Napoleone and "Giovanni Antonio Spinola attacked their brother Battista." And his family in the castle of Brignano. Battista and his three sons were killed in the attack, and one of his daughters died shortly after from her injuries. As a result of the confiscation of the assassins' assets, the fief passed to Battista's son-in-law Enrico Bigurra, who sold it in 1485 to Cavalchino Guidobono for 13,500 imperial lira.

From 1685 to around 1800 the area belonged to the Ferrari of San Sebastiano. It became a comune in 1928 following the merger of the comuni of Brignano del Curone and Frascata. Until 1947, the comune also included the territory of the comune of Momperone.

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ^ Buzzi, Giulio; Cipolla, Carlo (1918). Codice diplomatico del monastero di S. Colombano di Bobbio fino all'anno MCCVIII (in Italian). Vol. I, II, III. Rome.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)



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