Costa Vescovato

Comune in Piedmont, Italy

44°48′N 8°55′E / 44.800°N 8.917°E / 44.800; 8.917CountryItalyRegionPiedmontProvinceAlessandria (AL)FrazioniArpicella, Casale Montesoro, Cascina San Leto, Cascina Sposino, Montale Celli, SarizzolaGovernment • MayorOttavio RubeArea • Total7.7 km² (3.0 sq mi)Elevation305 m (1,001 ft)Population • Total369 • Density48/km² (120/sq mi)DemonymCostaioliTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeDialing code0131

Costa Vescovato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Turin and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Alessandria.

Costa Vescovato borders the following municipalities: Avolasca, Carezzano, Castellania Coppi, Cerreto Grue, Montegioco, Paderna, and Villaromagnano.

History

It was one of the territories subject to the temporal dominion of the Bishops of Tortona, hence the name that literally means "bishop's ridge". Subject, like the whole territory, to the expansionist aims of the Duchy of Milan, it was the scene of jurisdictional conflicts between the bishops and the Spanish government first and then the Savoy government. After the Napoleonic period it became definitively a territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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