Cuceglio (''Cusele'' in

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) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the Italian region

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, located about northeast of

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Monuments and places of interest

In Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, the central square, there is the first Italian monument erected in honor of the king

Umberto I of Italy Umberto I ( it, Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900. Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colo ...

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. From there is visible most of the flat land of "canavese", up to

Society

Demographic evolution

Ethnicities and foreign minorities

As reported from the

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there are 81 foreigners (38 males and 41 females) resident in Cuceglio, at 1 January 2011.''Stranieri residenti al 1° gennaio 2021
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Economy

For 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 Scarmagno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Since the 1960s, it was home to a large plant of the Olivetti company, which, for some periods, produced ...

Agliè Agliè (Piedmontese: ''Ajé'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Agliè borders the following municipalities: San Martino Canavese, Torre Canavese, Ba ...

Vialfrè Vialfrè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Vialfrè borders the following municipalities: San Martino Canavese, Scarmagno, Agliè, and Cuceglio Cucegli ...

Mercenasco Mercenasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in No ...

, San Giorgio Canavese, and

Montalenghe Montalenghe is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin. Main sights *Church of ''San Pietro'', built in the 13th century but restored in the late 1 ...

References

Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Turin-geo-stub