Bergamasco | |
Official Name: | Comune di Bergamasco |
Coordinates: | 44.8167°N 35°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Alessandria (AL) |
Mayor: | Giulio Veeggi |
Area Total Km2: | 13.44 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 732 |
Population As Of: | 30 April 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Bergamaschesi |
Elevation M: | 125 |
Saint: | Saint James the Greater and Nativity of Mary |
Day: | July 25 and September 8 |
Postal Code: | 15022 |
Area Code: | 0131 |
Bergamasco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70km (40miles) southeast of Turin and about 15km (09miles) southwest of Alessandria.
It is located between the hills of Montferrat and the Po Valley. This village is washed by the river Belbo.
From 1000 to 1514, Bergamasco was owned by the Marchesi of Incisa Scapaccino. Then William IX Palaiologos, the marchese of Montferrat, caught and destroyed it. So it followed Montferrat's destiny.
In 1944, during World War II, the town was part of the partisan Republic of Alto Monferrato. It was also one of the towns targeted in Operation Koblenz-Süd.
Bergamasco borders the following municipalities: Bruno, Carentino, Castelnuovo Belbo, Incisa Scapaccino, and Oviglio.