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Castel del Piano is a town and comune (municipality) of Province of Grosseto in the Tuscany, central Italy.

Castel del Piano
Comune
Comune di Castel del Piano

Coat of arms
Location of Castel del Piano
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Coordinates: 42°53′27″N 11°32′22″E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Grosseto (GR)
Frazioni	Montegiovi, Montenero d'Orcia
Government
• Mayor	Michele Bartalini
Area [1]
• Total	67.77 km² (26.17 sq mi)
Elevation	637 m (2,090 ft)
Population (31 May 2017)[2]
• Total	4,814
• Density	71/km² (180/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Casteldelpianesi or Cioli
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58033
Dialing code	0564
Patron saint	Maria Santissima delle Grazie
Saint day	September 8
Website	Official website

History

The area of Castel del Piano is known to have been inhabited in prehistoric times, but the town itself is mentioned for the first time in a document from 890 AD. From 1175 to 1321 it was a possession of the Aldobrandeschi family. After the fall of the Republic of Siena, it became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

Government

Frazioni

The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Castel del Piano and the villages (frazioni) of Montegiovi and Montenero d'Orcia.

List of mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
Alvaro Giannelli	1975	1985	Italian Communist Party
Elia Francesco Forti	1985	1995	Italian Socialist Party
Mario Rotellini	1995	1999	Italian People's Party
Franco Ulivieri	1999	2009	Democrats of the Left
Claudio Franci	2009	2019	Democratic Party
Michele Bartalini	2019	Incumbent	Civic

Culture

The city is divided into four contrade (quarters) which take part in a palio held every 8 September. The palio was raced for the first time in 1402.

The contrade are:

Borgo
Monumento
Poggio
Storte

Main sights

Chiesa della Propositura (15th century church)
Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie

External links

Southern Tuscany - Map It Out! Useful travel information and updated events in Castel del Piano and Southern Tuscany

Media related to Castel del Piano at Wikimedia Commons

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"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

На других языках

- [en] Castel del Piano

[es] Castel del Piano

Castel del Piano es una localidad de la Provincia de Grosseto, en la Toscana, Italia. Su población es de 4.331 habitantes (2001) y ocupa una superficie de 67,79 km².

[ru] Кастель-дель-Пьяно

Кастель-дель-Пьяно (итал. Castel del Piano) — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Тоскана, в провинции Гроссето.

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