Bergolo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Turin and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Cuneo. As of 1 January 2017, it had a population of 68 and an area of 3.0 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi).[3]
Bergolo borders the following municipalities: Cortemilia, Levice, Pezzolo Valle Uzzone, and Torre Bormida.
Demographic evolution
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 209 | — |
| 1871 | 244 | +16.7% |
| 1881 | 228 | −6.6% |
| 1901 | 277 | +21.5% |
| 1911 | 271 | −2.2% |
| 1921 | 262 | −3.3% |
| 1931 | 285 | +8.8% |
| 1936 | 261 | −8.4% |
| 1951 | 245 | −6.1% |
| 1961 | 204 | −16.7% |
| 1971 | 108 | −47.1% |
| 1981 | 77 | −28.7% |
| 1991 | 73 | −5.2% |
| 2001 | 79 | +8.2% |
| Source: Data from ISTAT | ||
Comital title
The Bergolo estates were part of the minor aristocracy in the Italian nobility of relatively recent heritage (the comital title Count Calvi of Bergolo having been created in 1787). Members of the Calvi di Bergolo line include General Giorgio Carlo Calvi di Bèrgolo (1887–1977),[4] consort of Princess Yolanda of Savoy, sister of Umberto II, the last king of Italy; Princess Mafalda of Savoy, wife of the Prince of Hesse, who died at Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944; and the painter Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo (1904–1994), who created the Hall of Murals in Chicago's International Surgical Museum.[5]
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Gastronomie in Langhe Archived 2011-10-10 at the Wayback Machine tourism web site
- ^ Collections Spotlight Art and Surgery: The Hall of Murals Archived April 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine commissioned by International Museum of Surgical Science, Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo
External links
- www.piemonteweb.it/Com/ComHome.asp?Com=666/
- Memorial to Ezra Pound in Bergolo Flickr photo album of the hillside monument erected to promote the American poet's vision for world peace after the events of 9/11
- 12th century Romanesque St. Sebastian chapel and cemetery, Flickr photo album cemetery
- Catalog of photographs of Bergolo on FlickrHiveMind
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