Roburent

Roburent () is a ''comune'' (commune or municipality) of the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. its population was 552. The ''comune'' extends over a largely wooded area of ranging in elevation from above sea level and straddling the Corsaglia and Casotto valleys. It borders the municipalities of Frabosa Soprana, Garessio, Montaldo di Mondovì, Ormea, Pamparato, and Torre Mondovì.

Population centres and trends

There are two main centres of population within the municipal boundaries. Roburent itself, which stands at above sea level, is the ''capoluogo'' and site of the municipal administration; it had 183 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 census. San Giacomo at had a resident population of 247. Istat identified Pra (1014 m, pop. 12) as the third well-defined ‘populated centre’ (''centro abitato''). There were also eight minor settlements classified as ‘populated nuclei’ (''nuclei abitati''): Cardini (1153 m, pop. 35), Costacalda (1135 m, pop. 6), Mondini (920 m, pop. 14), Montà (780 m, pop. 12), Mottoni (964 m, pop. 2), Nasi (850 m, pop. 9), Patelle (1114 m, pop. 7), and Zitella (800 m, pop. 8).‘Tavola: Popolazione residente - Cuneo (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001’
2001 Census, Istat.

Since the First World War there has been a steady decline in the population of the ''comune'', from a maximum of 1919 in 1911 to 552 at the start of 2009. The following graph is based on figures from the official censuses which have taken place since the unification of Italy.Unfortunately the source given is too imprecise to determine whether the figures have been adjusted in order to take account of any boundary changes which may have taken place since 1861.

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References

External links

* Historical notes o
San Giacomo di Roburent
and
adjacent settlements
from the site of the Associazione culturale Savin.

Cities and towns in Piedmont

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