Incisa Scapaccino (from 1863 to 1928 ''Incisa Belbo'') is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Asti
The Province of Asti ( it, Provincia di Asti, Piedmontese: ''Provincia d’Ast'') is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the sou ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about southeast of
Turin
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and about southeast of
Asti
Asti ( , , ; pms, Ast ) is a ''comune'' of 74,348 inhabitants (1-1-2021) located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed t ...
.
Incisa Scapaccino borders the following municipalities:
Bergamasco,
Castelnuovo Belbo,
Cortiglione
Cortiglione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti.
Cortiglione borders the following municipalities: Belveglio, Incisa Scapaccino, Masio, Rocc ...
,
Masio
Masio (Mas in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''co ...
,
Nizza Monferrato
Nizza Monferrato (''Nissa dla Paja'' in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti.
Nizza Monferrato borders the following ...
,
Oviglio
Oviglio (Ovij or J'Oij in Piedmontese) 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 ...
, and
Vaglio Serra
Vaglio Serra 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 293 and an area of .All demographic ...
.
The town was the seat of an
Aleramic marquisate from 1161 to 1548.
Twin towns — sister cities
Incisa Scapaccino is
twinned with:
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Saint-Just-Chaleyssin, France (1972)
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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