Villanova d'Asti is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Asti
The province of Asti (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''provincia d'Ast'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; ...
,
Piedmont
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, northern
Italy
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. It has around 5,000 inhabitants. The economy is based on a mixture of
agriculture
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and
industry
Industry may refer to:
Economics
* Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity
* Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery
* The wider industrial sector ...
.
Villanova d'Asti was founded in the
Middle Ages
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.
The main sight is the sanctuary of the ''Beata Vergine delle Grazie''
Twin towns — sister cities
Villanova d'Asti is
twinned with:
*
Châteaurenard
Châteaurenard (; Provençal ; ) is a commune in the Arles arrondissement, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in southern France.
Population
Twin towns
Châteaurenard is twinned with:
* Alte ...
, France, since 1994
*
Santa Clara de Saguier, Argentina, since 2012
References
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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