San Giuseppe di Casto

Coordinates: 45°37′11″N 8°4′26″E / 45.61972°N 8.07389°E / 45.61972; 8.07389
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San Giuseppe di Casto
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San Giuseppe di Casto is located in Italy
San Giuseppe di Casto
San Giuseppe di Casto
Location of San Giuseppe di Casto in Italy
Coordinates: 45°37′11″N 8°4′26″E / 45.61972°N 8.07389°E / 45.61972; 8.07389
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
ProvinceBiella (BI)
ComuneAndorno Micca
Elevation669 m (2,195 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
13811
Dialing code(+39) 015

San Giuseppe di Casto is a frazione (and parish) of the municipality of Andorno Micca, in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Overview[edit]

Church tower

It is a village located some km north-east from the centre of Andorno and takes its name from Saint Joseph and from the Monte Casto, a mountain which dominates from north the village.

History[edit]

Since 1929 San Giuseppe di Casto was a separate comune (municipality).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. ^ Comune di San Giuseppe di Casto, Francesca Ortolano (care of); Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche, [1] (accessed on July 2012)

External links[edit]

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