Cuceglio (Cusele in Piedmontese language) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Turin.
Cuceglio | |
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| Comune di Cuceglio | |
 Veduta del paese | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Cuceglio  | |
  Cuceglio Location of Cuceglio in Italy  Cuceglio Cuceglio (Piedmont) | |
| Coordinates: 45°22′N 7°49′E / 45.367°N 7.817°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Metropolitan city | Turin (TO) |
| Frazioni | Cascine Cuffia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sergio Pilotto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.87 km2 (2.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] average altitude | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
| Population (31 Dec 2018)Bilancio demografico Istat | |
| • Total | 989 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cucegliesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 10090 |
| Dialing code | 0124 |
| Website | Official website |
Monuments and places of interest
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In Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, the central square, there is the first Italian monument erected in honor of the king Umberto I of Italy and immediately behind an oak planted in honor of the queen.
The village is divided into two districts, the "Gui" and the "Riva" and a fraction, the "Cascine Cuffia". The latter are detached from the village and are at the bottom towards the plain, the "Gui" is the lower part of the real village and the "Riva" the highest part and includes the Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine Addolorata (Cuceglio), built between the 1747 and the 1758.[2] From there is visible most of the flat land of "canavese", up to Turin.
Society
editDemographic evolution
edit| Year | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1936 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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| Population | 1248 | 1187 | 1144 | 1335 | 1482 | 1242 | 918 | 918 | 750 | 688 | 774 | 771 | 843 | 925 | 997 |
Ethnicities and foreign minorities
editAs reported from the Istat there are 81 foreigners (38 males and 41 females) resident in Cuceglio, at 1 January 2011.[4]
Economy
editFor centuries in these morainic hills the main activity has been viticulture, then the cultivation of the vine up to the production of wine. Many wines are produced in Cuceglio, but certainly the most precious and characteristic is Erbaluce, from the name of homonymous vine. In Cuceglio there is the Cantina Sociale of the Canavese area and the Cantina Roletto.
Cuceglio borders the following municipalities: Scarmagno, Agliè, Vialfrè, Mercenasco, San Giorgio Canavese, and Montalenghe.
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Le chiese www.comune.cuceglio.to.it Archived 2019-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statistiche I.Stat - ISTAT; URL consultato in data 28 dicembre 2012.
- ^ Stranieri residenti al 1° gennaio 2021 http://dati.istat.it
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