Spigno Monferrato

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Spigno Monferrato

| official_name = Comune di Spigno Monferrato

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| image_skyline = One of the many narrow streets in the village.jpg

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| image_shield = Spigno_Monferrato-Stemma.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|44|32|39|N|8|20|6|E|region:IT_type:city(1174)|display=inline}}

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| region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=PMN}}

| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=AL}} (AL)

| frazioni = Montaldo, Rocchetta, Squaneto, Turpino.

{{citation|title=Frazioni|url= http://www.spignomonferrato.com/Spigno/Frazioni.html|year=2004|last=Comune di Spigno Monferrato}}

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| mayor = Antonio Visconti

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| area_total_km2 = 54.86

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 1015

| population_as_of = 30 November 2017All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ISTAT.

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| population_demonym = Spignesi

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| elevation_m = 217

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| day = 7 December

| postal_code = 15018

| area_code = 0144

| website = {{official website|http://www.spignomonferrato.com/}}

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Spigno Monferrato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about {{convert|80|km|mi}} southeast of Turin and about {{convert|45|km|mi}} southwest of Alessandria.

History

The land of Spigno was owned by the Count of Sales, an illegitimate brother of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. It had previously been a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1730 he married morganatically to Anna Canalis di Cumiana, who was created the Marchioness of Spigno in her own right.