Pecetto di Valenza (Pecetto di Valenza)
The municipal boundaries enclose an area of 11.5 km2 that ranges in elevation from 85 to 261 m above sea level and is predominantly agricultural in character: the economy is largely based on the cultivation of cereals and grapes. Four distinct settlements are identified in the Statuto comunale as "historically recognised by the community"; these were also the four designated places for the 2001 census. Pecetto di Valenza itself, which stands at 212 m above sea level and is the capoluogo of the commune, was the most populous with 499 of the commune's 1,312 inhabitants. Pellizzari, at 407 m, had a population of 120. Gasperini, at 192 m, had 30 inhabitants and Molina, at 171 m, 16. A further 360 residents, 27 percent of the total, were counted in isolated dwellings such as farmhouses.
* Giuseppe Borsalino, who gave his name to the Borsalino hat-making company which he developed in Alessandria, was born in Pecetto di Valenza in 1834.
Map - Pecetto di Valenza (Pecetto di Valenza)
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