Silvano Pietra is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Pavia The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy; its capital is Pavia. , the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205. ...

in the

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region

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

, located about 50 km southwest of

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

and about 25 km southwest of

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 723 and an area of 13.8 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Silvano Pietra borders the following municipalities: Bastida de' Dossi,

Casei Gerola Casei Gerola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It is located about southwest of Milan and about southwest of Pavia. Casei Gerola borders the following municipalities: Castelnuovo Scrivia, Cornale e Bast ...

, Corana,

Mezzana Bigli Mezzana Bigli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Pavia in the Lomellina traditional region, near the left bank of the ...

Sannazzaro de' Burgondi Sannazzaro de' Burgondi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Pavia, in Lomellina, on the Agogna River. Sannazzaro de' ...

Voghera The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching. Voghera ( Vogherese dialect of Emilian: ''Vughera''; Latin: ''Forum Iulii Iriensium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy. The population was 39,374 ...

. It was the site of a royal property at least from the reign of Lambert (896), who granted it to his mother,

Ageltrude Ageltrude or Agiltrude (around 860 - died 27 August 923) was the Empress and Queen of Italy as the wife of Guy (reigned 891–94). She was the regent for her son Lambert (reigned 894–98) and actively encouraged him in opposing the Carolingian ...

. It was bequeathed by Queen

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to the monastery of the Saviour at Pavia in 999, but it was still probably regarded as owing service to the crown as late as the 12th century, when it is probably one of the "great appurtenances" of Corana mentioned in the '' Tafelgüterverzeichnis''.

Demographic evolution

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References

Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Pavia-geo-stub