Bosco Marengo (Piemontese: Ël Bòsch) is a toun an comune (municipality) in the Province o Alessandria in the Italian region Piemont, locatit aboot 80 km sootheast o Turin an aboot 12 km sootheast o Alessandria.
Bosco Marengo | |
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Comune | |
Comune di Bosco Marengo | |
![]() Parish kirk an Monument tae Pape Pius V | |
Coordinates: 44°49′N 8°40′E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Piemont |
Province | Alessandria (AL) |
Frazioni | Levata, Pollastra, Quattro Cascine |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Angela Lamborizio |
Area | |
• Total | 44.8 km2 (17.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 2,521 |
• Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Boschesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 15062 |
Diallin code | 0131 |
Patron saunt | St. Pius IV |
Saunt day | April 30 |
Bosco Marengo borders the followin municipalities: Alessandria, Basaluzzo, Casal Cermelli, Fresonara, Frugarolo, Novi Ligure, Pozzolo Formigaro, Predosa, an Tortona.
Notable fowk
- Pape Pius V (1504–1572)
- Michele Bonelli (1541–1598), cardinal an papal diplomat.
Nuclear enrichment plant
Thare wis a nuclear enrichment plant in Bosco Marengo, which stairtit operatin in 1973. In December 2008 it wis decidit that it should be decommissioned.[2]
References
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