San Mauro Torinese
San Mauro Torinese | |
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| Comune di San Mauro Torinese | |
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 Coat airms | |
  San Mauro Torinese Location o San Mauro Torinese in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°06′N 07°46′E / 45.100°N 7.767°ECoordinates: 45°06′N 07°46′E / 45.100°N 7.767°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Turin (TO) |
| Frazioni | Pescatori, S.Anna, Oltre Po, Sambuy |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Ugo Dallolio (PD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 211 m (692 ft) |
| Population (December 31, 2004) | |
| • Total | 18,367 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sanmauresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 10099 |
| Diallin code | 011 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Peter |
| Saunt day | April 7 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
San Mauro Torinese is an Italian comune wi 18,367 inhabitants (2004) in the Province o Turin in the Piedmont region. It is bordered bi the territories o Settimo Torinese, Castiglione Torinese, Turin, an Baldissero Torinese.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Oreegins
[eedit | eedit soorce]The first written record o Pulchra Rada (the auncient name for San Mauro, which in Laitin means "bonnie beach an/or port" - on the Po river-) dates frae 4 Mey 991. On that day Anselmo (at the time the ruler o Montferrat) gave the order tae rebuild the Benedictine monastery that haed been destroyed bi the Saracen invasion.
