Castellar was a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Cuneo in the Italian region
Piedmont
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, located about southwest of
Turin
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and about northwest of
Cuneo
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It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 253 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
History
Castellar was an autonomous comune up to the end of 2018; on 1 January 2019 it was united to the neighbouring comune of
Saluzzo, thus enforcing the results of a referendum held in the summer of 2018.
[''Referendum sulla fusione Saluzzo-Castellar: vince il sì''; article on La Stampa of July the 16th 2018, se]
www.lastampa.it
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The comune of Castellar bordered the following municipalities: Pagno, Revello, and Saluzzo. It had the following ''frazioni'': Regione Giardino, Regione Morra, Regione Pairunella, Regione San Guglielmo, Regione Testa Nera
Demographic evolution
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File:Castellar municipio.jpg, Castellar former town hall
File:Castellar-Coat_of_Arms.png, Coat of Arms of the former Comune
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
Frazioni of the Province of Cuneo
Former municipalities of the Province of Cuneo
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