Buttigliera Alta

Buttigliera Alta
Comune
Comune di Buttigliera Alta

Panorama from Mount Musinè

Coat of arms
Buttigliera Alta

Location of Buttigliera Alta in Italy

Coordinates: 45°4′N 7°25′E / 45.067°N 7.417°E / 45.067; 7.417
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province / Metropolitan city Turin (TO)
Frazioni Ferriera
Government
  Mayor Paolo Ruzzola
Area
  Total 8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Elevation 414 m (1,358 ft)
Population (30 April 2011)
  Total 6,461
  Density 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Buttiglieresi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 10090
Dialing code 011
Patron saint St. Mark
Saint day 25 April
Website Official website

Buttigliera Alta is a town and comune of approximately 6,500 inhabitants, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Turin in the Susa valley in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is not far to Avigliana, of which it once was a part.

Interior of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso

History

It first became an autonomous fief in 1619 when Giovanni Carron received the fiefs of Buttigliera, Uriola, and Case Nicola - as well as the title of Count - from Duke Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy.

From that point in time the history of Buttigliera was intimately tied with the history of the Carron family. The last member of the family, Clementina Carron, died in April 1912.

In the 20th century, the FIAT group established one of its metallurgical factories in Ferriera, a frazione of Buttigliera Alta.

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Twin towns

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