Verzuolo

Verzuolo
Comune
Comune di Verzuolo
Verzuolo
Location of Verzuolo in Italy
Coordinates: 44°36′N 7°29′E / 44.600°N 7.483°E / 44.600; 7.483Coordinates: 44°36′N 7°29′E / 44.600°N 7.483°E / 44.600; 7.483
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Province of Cuneo (CN)
Frazioni Falicetto, Villanovetta, Papò, Chiamina, S. Bernardo, Pomerolo
Area
 • Total 26.2 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Elevation 420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)
 • Total 6,379
 • Density 240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Verzuolesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 12039
Dialing code 0175
Website Official website

Verzuolo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 66 kilometres (41 mi) southwest of Turin and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,379 and an area of 26.2 square kilometres (10.1 sq mi).[1]

The municipality of Verzuolo contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Falicetto, Villanovetta, Papò, Chiamina, S. Bernardo, and Pomerolo.

Verzuolo borders the following municipalities: Costigliole Saluzzo, Lagnasco, Manta, Pagno, Piasco, Savigliano, Villafalletto.

Notable people

People born in Verzuolo, or with close links to it, have included:

  • Giuseppe Siccardi (Verzuolo, 3 ottobre 1802 – Torino, 29 ottobre 1857) è stato un giurista e politico italiano.
  • Giovanni Vincenzo Cima (Verzuolo, 22 luglio 1893 – Torino, 5 luglio 1968) è stato un giornalista italiano, stenografo di fama mondiale, ideatore dell'omonimo sistema stenografico.
  • Cesare Billia (Verzuolo, 1863 – Libia, 14 giugno 1915) è stato un militare italiano, ufficiale 63º Reggimento Fanteria, medaglia d'oro al valor militare, medaglia d'argento al valor militare.
  • Cesare Segre (born April 4, 1928 in Verzuolo, Province of Cuneo) is an Italian philologist, semiotician and literary critic of Jewish descent, currently the Director of the Texts and Textual Traditions Research Centre of the Institute for Advanced Studies of Pavia (IUSS).
  • Flavio Briatore (born 12 April 1959 in Verzuolo) is a financier, former executive of the Benetton Group, team principal for the Benetton and Renault Formula One teams, and chairman of Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Demographic evolution

See also

References

  1. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.


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