Demonte | |
Official Name: | Comune di Demonte |
Coordinates: | 44.3167°N 25°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Cuneo (CN) |
Mayor: | Mario Claudio Bertoldi |
Area Total Km2: | 127.6 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2042 |
Population As Of: | 31 August 2007 |
Population Demonym: | Demontesi |
Elevation M: | 780 |
Saint: | San Donato |
Postal Code: | 12014 |
Area Code: | 0171 |
Demonte is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90km (60miles) southwest of Turin and about 20km (10miles) southwest of Cuneo, in the Valle Stura di Demonte.
Demonte borders the following municipalities: Aisone, Castelmagno, Marmora, Moiola, Monterosso Grana, Pradleves, Sambuco, Valdieri, Valloriate, and Vinadio.
The family name Demonte means "On the Mountain".
The 15th-century Italian fresco artist Giovanni Baleison was born in Demonte.
it means on the mountain