Country Italy Elevation 1,250 m (4,100 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 16.8 km² Province Province of Cuneo Region Piedmont | Province / Metropolitan city Cuneo (CN) Demonym(s) Ostanesi Dialing code 0175 Local time Monday 5:49 PM Postal code 12030 Dialling code 0175 | |
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Ostana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Turin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Cuneo. Its population has been declining and in January 2016 it celebrated its first baby since the 1980s.
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Map of 12030 Ostana, Province of Cuneo, Italy
Ostana borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo Piemonte, Barge, Crissolo, Oncino, and Paesana.
The Ostana Prize
Every year at the beginning of the June, the city hosts the Ostana Prize - Writings in the Mother Tongue [in Italian: Ostana Premio Scritture in Lingua Madre]. It is an annual prize and cultural initiative organized by the Municipality of Ostana and by the Cultural Association Chambra d'Oc. It is dedicated to languages and to literary authors who use a "mother tongue", a present-day minority language of territorial belonging, in their works. The event began in 2008 and is held in Ostana, a municipality in the Valle Po (Italy), every year at the beginning of June. It is open to the public with free admission.
Notable events
In January 2016, the town welcomed its first baby in 28 years.