Cuorgnè
Cuorgnè | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Cuorgnè | |
 Panorama frae Belmonte sanctuar | |
 Coat airms | |
  Cuorgnè Location o Cuorgnè in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°23′N 7°39′E / 45.383°N 7.650°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Piemont |
| Province | Province o Turin (TO) |
| Frazioni | Priacco, Ronchi Maddalena, Ronchi San Bernardo, Salto, Sant'Anna di Campore |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Giuseppe Beppe Pezzetto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 414 m (1,358 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2012[1]) | |
| • Total | 10,141 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cuorgnatesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 10082 |
| Diallin code | 0124 |
| Patron saunt | Madonna della Rivassola |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Cuorgnè is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Turin in the Italian region Piemont, locatit aboot 35 km north o Turin.
Cuorgnè is locatit at the mooth o the Orco Valley, an borders the follaein municipalities: Castellamonte, Pont-Canavese, Borgiallo, Chiesanuova, Alpette, San Colombano Belmonte, Canischio, Valperga, and Prascorsano.
Curgné oreeginatit in the Middle Ages efter the auncient toun o Canava wis destroyed bi a flood o the Orco River (1030). Later it wis held bi Arduin o Ivrea's stryndants, an, later, bi the Hoose o Savoy. It receivit the status o ceety in 1932. Sichts include the Airchaeological Museum o Canavese (wi fyndins frae the nearbi aurie, in pairticular frae the Neolithic Age) an the Sacro Monte di Belmonte, locatit a few kilometres ootside the toun.