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Country
  
Italy

Elevation
  
257 m (843 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Biella

Region
  
Piedmont

Dialling code
  
015

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Biella (BI)

Demonym(s)
  
Cossatesi

Area
  
27 km²

Postal code
  
13836

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:48 AM

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Frazioni
  
Bertinotto, Castellazzo, Castellengo, Cerro, Lavino, Lorazzo, Masseria, Monteferrario, Parlamento, Ronco, Spolina

Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 70% Humidity

Cossato is a municipality in the province of Biella, Italy, in the northwest part of Piedmont, 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) east of Biella. It has a population of about 14,804 and it spreads over an area of 27,74 km², being the second town in order of size and importance in the Province of Biella. It is crossed by the Strona di Mosso stream.

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Map of 13836 Cossato, Province of Biella, Italy

Physical Geography

The city is the second largest town in the Biella province by population and economic importance; It has an urban development that follows the direction of the major roads: the center is along the Biella-Gattinara former state, and the numerous hamlets are scattered along the road to Mottalciata baraggivo plateau and the hills towards Quaregna, Lessona and Valle Mosso.

Monuments and places of interest

  • Parish dedicated to the Assumption, built before 1000. It was rebuilt in 1614 after the collapse, which occurred two years before.
  • Castle Castellengo , on the edge of the Baragge of Candelo.
  • Church of SS. Peter and Paul, near the Castellengo Castle. medieval building restored over the years with the addition of different styles.
  • Villa Ranzoni, eighteenth-century building houses the Municipal Library.
  • Villa Fecia, building belonging to Fecia accounts of Cossato including a large park and a church, the Oratory of Santa Margherita (in medieval style).
  • Villa Berlanghino, in the neoclassical style. It is a large building with an impressive wooden staircase and a public park outside.
  • Natural reserve of Baragge

    • The center

    The city center develops around the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta. The oldest part is the one that surrounds the actual Piazza Gramsci. Recently we have been made pedestrian plaza Church and the way of connecting the latter Church square with Piazza Angiono, the town hall. The building that houses the administrative offices was bought by Gian Matteo Cridis and for such use since the first half of the nineteenth century. In the center there are also the nursery schools, elementary and middle (housed in the palace once headquarters of GIL) and the public library at Villa Ranzoni. Red Cross in the square is held weekly market that made it famous Cossato as a center for meeting and exchange between the plain and the Strona Valley.

    Twin towns

  • Neve Shalom, Israel

    • References

    Cossato Wikipedia
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