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Rocca Grimalda is a small municipality located in Italy. It is part of the Liguria region in northwestern Italy and serves as a local administrative center for its surrounding area.
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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Province
- Province of Alessandria (AL)
- Frazioni
- San Giacomo
- Mayor
- Giancarlo Subbrero
- Total
- 15.64 km (6.04 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 280 m (920 ft)
- Density
- 98.98/km (256.3/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Rocchesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0143
- Patron saint
- James, son of Zebedee
- Saint day
- 25 July
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Rocca Grimalda
- Demonym
- rocchesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Alessandria
- Population
- 1407
- Area
- 15.46
- Elevation
- 280
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Silvano d'Orba
- Official website
- www.comuneroccagrimalda.it
- Image
- Rocca Grimalda-panorama generale.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0143
- Licence plate code
- AL
- Patron saint
- St. James the Elder
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- postal code
- 15078
- Commons category
- Rocca Grimalda
- Commons gallery
- Rocca Grimalda
- public holiday
- patronal festival
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Encyclopedic overview
Rocca Grimalda (Ra Roca in dialect) is a village and comune in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Northern Italy. It lies in Upper Montferrat, a historical region of Piedmont, and it was built upon a rocky hill on the Orba's left bank, very close to Ovada. The nearest airport is the Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rocca Grimalda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.