Crescentino
{{for|the saint|Crescentinus}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Crescentino
| official_name = Comune di Crescentino
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| image_skyline = Crescentino panorama.jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|11|N|8|6|E|type:city(7,843)_region:IT|display=inline}}
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| region = Piedmont
| province = Vercelli (VC)
| frazioni = Campagna, Cerrone, Monte, San Grisante, San Silvestro, San Genuario, Caravini, Porzioni, Santa Maria, Mezzi Po, Galli, Cascinotti, Lignola
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| mayor = Vittorio Ferrero
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| area_total_km2 = 48.3
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 7984
| population_as_of = 9 October 2011
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| population_demonym = Crescentinesi
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| elevation_m = 154
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| postal_code = 13044
| area_code = 0161
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File:Crescentino – Piazza Vische e la sua torre (Theatrum Sabaudiae 1682).jpg 1682)]]
Crescentino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about {{convert|35|km|mi}} northeast of Turin and about {{convert|30|km|mi}} southwest of Vercelli.
Crescentino borders the following municipalities: Brusasco, Fontanetto Po, Lamporo, Livorno Ferraris, Moncestino, Saluggia, Verolengo, and Verrua Savoia.
Main sights include San Genuario Castle.
Twin towns — sister cities
Crescentino is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|Italy}} San Giorgio Albanese, Italy
- {{flagicon|Poland}} Gmina Łososina Dolna, Poland
People
- Luigi Arditi (1822–1903), violinist and composer
- Ettore Bertolè-Viale (1829-1992), elected deputy for the town 1867-1882
- Bartolomeo Caravoglia (active 1660–1673), painter of the Baroque period
- Fiorenza Cossotto (born 1935), operatic mezzo-soprano
- Domenico Serra, (1899–1965), stage and film actor
References
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