Isola d'Asti
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Isola d'Asti 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 Asti
Province of Asti
The Province of Asti is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the north west it borders on the province of Turin; to the south west it borders on the province of Cuneo. To the east it borders on the province of Alessandria, while in the south it...

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 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 45 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 8 km south of Asti
Asti
Asti is a city and comune of about 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River...

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Isola d'Asti borders the following municipalities: Antignano
Antignano
Antignano is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southeast of Turin and about 8 km southwest of Asti...

, Asti
Asti
Asti is a city and comune of about 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River...

, Costigliole d'Asti
Costigliole d'Asti
Costigliole d’Asti is a small Italian town in the Province of Asti, southern Piedmont. It lies about 13 km south of the city of Asti in the Alto Monferrato, on the edge of the Langhe, in the alluvial plain of the river Tanaro southwards into the hills....

, Mongardino
Mongardino
Mongardino is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southeast of Turin and about 6 km south of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 989 and an area of 6.7 km²....

, Montegrosso d'Asti
Montegrosso d'Asti
Montegrosso d'Asti is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southeast of Turin and about 8 km southeast of Asti....

, Revigliasco d'Asti
Revigliasco d'Asti
Revigliasco d'Asti is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southeast of Turin and about 6 km southwest of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 865 and an area of 8.9 km².Revigliasco d'Asti borders the following...

, and Vigliano d'Asti
Vigliano d'Asti
Vigliano d'Asti is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southeast of Turin and about 8 km southeast of Asti....

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Notable people

  • Angelo Sodano
    Angelo Sodano
    Angelo Sodano is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Dean of the College of Cardinals and former Vatican Secretary of State, having held that post from 1990 to 2006, under both popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI...

     (born 1927), cardinal.
  • Giuseppe Govone
    Giuseppe Govone
    Giuseppe Gaetano Maria Govone was an Italian general and politician of Piedmontese origin, who played a major role in the Italian Risorgimento....

    (born 1825), Italian general, patriot and politician.
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