What type of administrative area is Castel Rocchero?

Castel Rocchero is an Italian comune, which is the smallest administrative division in Italy. Comuni function as local governments and are the fundamental building blocks of Italy's territorial organization, similar to municipalities or townships in other countries.

Where is Castel Rocchero located geographically?

Castel Rocchero is situated in northwestern Italy within the Province of Asti, which is part of the Piedmont region. Its coordinates place it at approximately 44.72° N latitude and 8.42° E longitude, positioning it in the southern portion of Piedmont near the border between the Asti and Alessandria provinces.

What region and province does Castel Rocchero belong to?

Castel Rocchero belongs to the Piedmont region (Piemonte) and the Province of Asti. Piedmont is one of Italy's 20 regions and is known for its mountainous terrain, vineyards, and industrial cities including Turin. The Province of Asti is specifically noted for its sparkling wine production.

What is the population of Castel Rocchero?

Castel Rocchero has a small population ranging between 379 and 406 residents according to available census data. This places it among Italy's smaller comuni, which range from hamlets of a few dozen people to cities of hundreds of thousands.

What is the relationship between Castel Rocchero and Italy?

Castel Rocchero is a constituent municipality within the Republic of Italy, a sovereign parliamentary republic established on June 18, 1946, following the Italian constitutional referendum. Italy is a founding member of the European Union and is organized into 20 regions, 110 provinces, and approximately 7,904 comuni, of which Castel Rocchero is one.

Castel Rocchero

Italian comune

Place comune_of_italy Q17777

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: comune of Italy
Country: Italy^[2]
Official website: www.comune.casteldiiudica.ct.it^[15]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 44.719°, 8.416°
Area: +5.63^[22]
Capital: Castel Rocchero^[3]
Coordinates of easternmost point: 🗺️ 44.711°, 8.433°
Coordinates of northernmost point: 🗺️ 44.733°, 8.420°
Coordinates of southernmost point: 🗺️ 44.707°, 8.412°
Coordinates of westernmost point: 🗺️ 44.726°, 8.394°
Demonym: castelrocchesi^[20]
Elevation above sea level: +414^[21]
Licence plate code: AT^[11]
Local dialing code: 0141^[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Asti^[1]
Official name: Castel Rocchero^[19]
Patron saint: Andrew the Apostle^[12]
Population: 379 (379–406, n=3)^[16]^[17]^[18]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 396 · 406 · 379 GeoNames 391 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code: 14040^[10]
Public holiday: patronal festival^[14]
Seismic classification: 4^[23]
Shares border with: Acqui Terme, Alice Bel Colle, Castel Boglione, Castelletto Molina, Fontanile, Montabone^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

🏷️ Also known as

en Castel Rocchero ar كاستل روكيرو el Καστέλ Ροκκέρο fa کاستل روکرو ja カステル・ロッケーロ ru Кастель-Роккеро tr Castrum Rocherium zh 罗凯罗堡

🔖 Identifiers · 12

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Castel Rocchero da Alice Bel Colle.jpg ↗
De Agostini ID: Castèl+Rocchèro
Freebase ID: /m/0gbgd7
GeoNames ID: 6543483
ISTAT ID: 005032
IndicePA ID: c_c253
Italian cadastre code (municipality): C253
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 43507
Topic's main category: Category:Castel Rocchero
UN/LOCODE: ITCR5
Who's on First ID: 1126027083
Wiki Loves Monuments ID: 01C2530000

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 6

Acqui Terme, Alice Bel Colle, Castelletto Molina, Castel Boglione, Fontanile, Montabone

← Shares border with 6

Acqui Terme, Alice Bel Colle, Castelletto Molina, Castel Boglione, Fontanile, Montabone

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 Asti

Patron saint 1

Andrew the Apostle

Public holiday 1

patronal festival

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Asti

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Castel Rocchero — country (P17): Italy. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Castel Rocchero — capital (P36): Castel Rocchero. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Castel Rocchero — shares border with (P47): Acqui Terme. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Castel Rocchero — shares border with (P47): Alice Bel Colle. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Castel Rocchero — shares border with (P47): Castel Boglione. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Castel Rocchero — shares border with (P47): Castelletto Molina. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Castel Rocchero — shares border with (P47): Fontanile. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Castel Rocchero — shares border with (P47): Montabone. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Castel Rocchero — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Province of Asti. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Castel Rocchero — postal code (P281): 14040. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Castel Rocchero — licence plate code (P395): AT. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Castel Rocchero — patron saint (P417): Andrew the Apostle. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Castel Rocchero — local dialing code (P473): 0141. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Castel Rocchero — public holiday (P832): patronal festival. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Castel Rocchero — official website (P856): http://www.comune.casteldiiudica.ct.it. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Castel Rocchero — population (P1082): 396. demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Castel Rocchero — population (P1082): 406. demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2017-09-09. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Castel Rocchero — population (P1082): 379. demo.istat.it. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Castel Rocchero — official name (P1448): Castel Rocchero. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Castel Rocchero — demonym (P1549): castelrocchesi. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Castel Rocchero — elevation above sea level (P2044): 414 m. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Castel Rocchero — area (P2046): 5.63 km². istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Castel Rocchero — seismic classification (P9235): 4. Seismic classification in Italy. Retrieved 2022-08-27. rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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13w ago · Theklan · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tabular population → Data:Historical population Castel Rocchero.tab

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20w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Topic's main category → Category:Castel Rocchero

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Seismic classification → 4

Coordinates of southernmost point → {'lat': 44.7067938, 'lon': 8.4122696}

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