Garbagna is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Alessandria

Province of Alessandria

The Province of Alessandria is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria....

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 110 km southeast of Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 719 and an area of 20.7 km².

Language/Dialect

Recently Il Garbagnolo the dialect of Garbagna has been revamped thanks to a theatrical company that performs every summer during the month of August. Directed by Fantone Nadia this small company has performed six plays all in dialect. The uniqueness of this dialect is the use of the partitive or Saxon genitive.The U in Garbagnolo means,some or part of it. Neither the Tortonese or the Ligurian dialects have this grammatical aspect.

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Garbagna borders the following municipalities: Avolasca

Avolasca

Avolasca is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Borghetto di Borbera

Borghetto di Borbera

Borghetto di Borbera is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Brignano-Frascata

Brignano-Frascata

Brignano-Frascata is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km east of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria....

, Casasco

Casasco

Casasco is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km east of Turin and about 30 km southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 141 and an area of 9.0 km².Casasco borders the following municipalities:...

, Castellania

Castellania (AL)

Castellania is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Dernice

Dernice

Dernice is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria...

, and Sardigliano

Sardigliano

Sardigliano is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km southeast of Alessandria...

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