Bistagno is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Alessandria
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in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about southeast of
Turin
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and about southwest of
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin.
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Bistagno borders the following municipalities:
Castelletto d'Erro
Castelletto d'Erro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria.
Castelletto d'Erro borders the following municipalities: Bist ...
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Melazzo
Melazzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,241 and an area of .All d ...
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Monastero Bormida
Monastero Bormida is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti.
Monastero Bormida borders the following municipalities: Bistagno, Bubbi ...
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Montabone
Montabone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 357 and an area of .All demographics and ...
,
Ponti,
Rocchetta Palafea
Rocchetta Palafea is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin
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,
Sessame, and
Terzo.
In the center of the village is the Giulio Monteverde Gipsothèque, which houses the sculptor's original plaster models.
Although the most common and widespread etymology for the toponym is connected with the confluence of two 'branches' of the ''Bormida'' river (the ''Spigno Bormida'' and the ''Millesimo Bormida'') in the territory of ''Bistagno'' (''Bistagno'' < ''bi + stagno'', ''bi(s)- + pond'', where 'pond' would not only indicate a stagnant body of water, but would be also connected with the root ''*agn-'' > Latin ''amnis'', in the meaning of 'river', 'water course', 'stream', 'torrent'), a new etymology, based on linguistic evidence, connects ''Bistagno'' with ''*bĭst-ăgnŏ-s'' (Proto-Indo-European ~ Celtic), which would mean 'small pheasant', and would allude to the presence of this specific bird in the territory of the village in the Neolithic or, in any case, in prehistoric times.
[Francesco Perono Cacciafoco]
The Origins of Naming Process: Toponymic Archaeology of Two Indo-European Place Names
in Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics, vol. 11, nº 21-22, 2016, pp. 64-65.
People
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Giuseppe Saracco
Giuseppe Saracco (6 October 1821 – 19 January 1907) was an Italian politician, financier, and Knight of the Annunziata.
Background and earlier career
Saracco was born at Bistagno, the province of Alessandria. After qualifying as an adv ...
(1821–1907), politician
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Giulio Monteverde (1837–1917), sculptor
Twin towns
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Flaviac
Flaviac () is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
Population
International relations
Flaviac is twinned with:
* Bistagno, Italy
* Spinone al Lago, Italy
See also
*Communes of the Ardèche department
The following is a ...
, France
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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