Where is Balestrino located?

Balestrino is a *comune* in the Province of Savona, within the Liguria region of northern Italy. It lies near the coordinates 44.12513° N, 8.17152° E, in a rural area characterized by small historic villages.

What is the population of Balestrino?

As of available data, Balestrino has a population of approximately 582 residents, though earlier records show figures around 553 and 530, indicating a gradual decline typical of many rural Italian municipalities.

What are the main settlements within Balestrino?

The *comune* includes the villages of Cuneo and Bergalla, both historic hamlets that contribute to the municipality’s cultural and administrative structure.

How is Balestrino governed?

As a *comune* of Italy, Balestrino operates under the Italian municipal system, with local governance overseen by a mayor and municipal council, in accordance with national laws and the Constitution of Italy.

What is the significance of Balestrino’s location?

Balestrino is part of the Province of Savona, a region known for its coastal and inland landscapes in Liguria. Its position reflects the broader administrative and cultural framework of northern Italy, with ties to both rural traditions and regional governance.

Balestrino

Italian comune

Place comune_of_italy Q270518

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: comune of Italy
Country: Italy^[3]
Official website: www.comune.balestrino.sv.it^[14]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 44.125°, 8.172°
Area: +11.27^[21]
Capital: Balestrino^[4]
Coordinates of easternmost point: 🗺️ 44.123°, 8.197°
Coordinates of northernmost point: 🗺️ 44.140°, 8.168°
Coordinates of southernmost point: 🗺️ 44.109°, 8.176°
Coordinates of westernmost point: 🗺️ 44.123°, 8.143°
Demonym: balestrinesi^[19]
Elevation above sea level: +371^[20]
Licence plate code: SV^[11]
Local dialing code: 0182^[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Savona^[2]
Official name: Balestrino^[18]
Patron saint: Andrew the Apostle^[12]
Population: 530 (530–582, n=3)^[15]^[16]^[17]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 582 · 553 · 530 GeoNames 540 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code: 17020^[10]
Seismic classification: 3^[22]
Shares border with: Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, Cisano sul Neva, Toirano, Ceriale, Zuccarello^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

🏷️ Also known as

en Balestrino el Μπαλεστρίνο fa بالسترینو ja バレストリーノ nl Balestrino, Savona ru Балестрино tr Balestrinum zh 巴莱斯特里诺

🔖 Identifiers · 20

VIAF cluster ID: 158472888
Library of Congress authority ID: n2003045136
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Balestrino-panorama borgo vecchio.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID: balestrino-ghost-village
De Agostini ID: Balestrino
Freebase ID: /m/0gbzd8
GeoNames ID: 6540320
ISTAT ID: 009008
IndicePA ID: c_a593
Italian cadastre code (municipality): A593
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID: 10037
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007489305305171

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OpenStreetMap relation ID: 42875
SBN place ID: TO0L003844
Topic's main category: Category:Balestrino
VerbaAlpina ID: A15051
WOEID: 710623
Who's on First ID: 1125840443
Wiki Loves Monuments ID: 07A5930000
Yale LUX ID: place/996cb7ea-fdcb-4331-9d69-cd49ab939279

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 5

Toirano, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, Ceriale, Zuccarello, Cisano sul Neva

← Shares border with 5

Toirano, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, Ceriale, Zuccarello, Cisano sul Neva

Contained subdivisions 2

Bergalla, Cuneo

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Country 1

Italy

Instance of 1

comune of Italy

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Savona

Patron saint 1

Andrew the Apostle

People born here 1

Lino Panizza Richero

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Savona

← FactGrid item ID 1

Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais

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Summary

Balestrino is a comune of Italy^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Balestrino — country (P17): Italy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Balestrino — capital (P36): Balestrino. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Balestrino — shares border with (P47): Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Balestrino — shares border with (P47): Cisano sul Neva. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Balestrino — shares border with (P47): Toirano. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Balestrino — shares border with (P47): Ceriale. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Balestrino — shares border with (P47): Zuccarello. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Balestrino — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Province of Savona. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Balestrino — postal code (P281): 17020. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Balestrino — licence plate code (P395): SV. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Balestrino — patron saint (P417): Andrew the Apostle. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Balestrino — local dialing code (P473): 0182. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Balestrino — official website (P856): https://www.comune.balestrino.sv.it/. comune.balestrino.sv.it. Retrieved 2026-07-27. comune.balestrino.sv.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Balestrino — population (P1082): 582. Italian National Institute of Statistics. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Balestrino — population (P1082): 553. demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Balestrino — population (P1082): 530. demo.istat.it. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Balestrino — official name (P1448): Balestrino. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Balestrino — demonym (P1549): balestrinesi. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Balestrino — elevation above sea level (P2044): 371 m. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Balestrino — area (P2046): 11.27 km². istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Balestrino — seismic classification (P9235): 3. Seismic classification in Italy. Retrieved 2022-08-27. rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Balestrino is an instance of comune of Italy (Q747074) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Official website → https://www.comune.balestrino.sv.it/

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