Bosco Marengo (
PiedmontesePiedmontese , is a Romance language spoken by over 2 million people in Piedmont, northwest Italy. It is geographically and linguistically included in the Northern Italian group...
:
Ël Bòsch) is a town and
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
(municipality) in the
Province of AlessandriaThe 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
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
region
PiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km
2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...
, located about 80 km southeast of
TurinTurin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...
and about 12 km southeast of
AlessandriaAlessandria is a city in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plane between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, c...
.
Bosco Marengo borders the following municipalities:
AlessandriaAlessandria is a city in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plane between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, c...
,
BasaluzzoBasaluzzo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,935 and an area of 15.2 km².The municipality of Basaluzzo contains...
,
Casal CermelliCasal Cermelli is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 9 km south of Alessandria...
,
FresonaraFresonara is a comune in the province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km southeast of Alessandria....
,
FrugaroloFrugarolo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southeast of Alessandria...
,
Novi LigureNovi Ligure is a town north of Genoa, in the Piedmont region of the province of Alessandria of northwest Italy.The town produces food, iron, steel, and textiles. It is an important junction for both road and railroad.-History:...
,
Pozzolo FormigaroPozzolo Formigaro is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Alessandria...
,
PredosaPredosa is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km south of Alessandria...
, and
Tortona*For the medieval scholar, see Marziano da TortonaTortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines.-History:...
.
- Pope Pius V
Pope St. Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri , was pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church...
(1504–1572)
- Michele Bonelli
Carlo Michele Bonelli, Cardinal Alessandrino was an Italian senior papal diplomat with a distinguished career that spanned two decades from 1571.-Biography:...
(1541–1598), cardinal and papal diplomat.
There was a nuclear
enrichmentEnriched uranium is a kind of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight...
plant in Bosco Marengo, which started operating in 1973.
Bosco Marengo (
PiedmontesePiedmontese , is a Romance language spoken by over 2 million people in Piedmont, northwest Italy. It is geographically and linguistically included in the Northern Italian group...
:
Ël Bòsch) is a town and
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
(municipality) in the
Province of AlessandriaThe 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
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
region
PiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km
2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...
, located about 80 km southeast of
TurinTurin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...
and about 12 km southeast of
AlessandriaAlessandria is a city in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plane between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, c...
.
Bosco Marengo borders the following municipalities:
AlessandriaAlessandria is a city in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plane between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, c...
,
BasaluzzoBasaluzzo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,935 and an area of 15.2 km².The municipality of Basaluzzo contains...
,
Casal CermelliCasal Cermelli is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 9 km south of Alessandria...
,
FresonaraFresonara is a comune in the province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km southeast of Alessandria....
,
FrugaroloFrugarolo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southeast of Alessandria...
,
Novi LigureNovi Ligure is a town north of Genoa, in the Piedmont region of the province of Alessandria of northwest Italy.The town produces food, iron, steel, and textiles. It is an important junction for both road and railroad.-History:...
,
Pozzolo FormigaroPozzolo Formigaro is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Alessandria...
,
PredosaPredosa is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km south of Alessandria...
, and
Tortona*For the medieval scholar, see Marziano da TortonaTortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines.-History:...
.
Notable Boschesi
- Pope Pius V
Pope St. Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri , was pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church...
(1504–1572)
- Michele Bonelli
Carlo Michele Bonelli, Cardinal Alessandrino was an Italian senior papal diplomat with a distinguished career that spanned two decades from 1571.-Biography:...
(1541–1598), cardinal and papal diplomat.
Nuclear enrichtment plant
There was a nuclear
enrichmentEnriched uranium is a kind of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight...
plant in Bosco Marengo, which started operating in 1973. In December 2008 it was decided that it should be
decommissionedThe decommissioning of nuclear power plants is sometimes referred to as nuclear decommissioning, to mark the difference between 'conventional' decommissioning and dismantling projects...
.