Costa Vescovato
Comune
Comune di Costa Vescovato
View of the frazione of Montale Celli.
Coat of arms
Location of Costa Vescovato
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Coordinates: 44°48′N 8°55′E / 44.800°N 8.917°E / 44.800; 8.917
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Alessandria (AL)
Frazioni	Arpicella, Casale Montesoro, Cascina San Leto, Cascina Sposino, Montale Celli, Sarizzola
Government
• Mayor	Fabio Boveri
Area [1]
• Total	7.7 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (31 December 2010)[2]
• Total	369
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Costaioli
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	15050
Dialing code	0131

Costa Vescovato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Turin and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Alessandria.

Costa Vescovato borders the following municipalities: Avolasca, Carezzano, Castellania Coppi, Cerreto Grue, Montegioco, Paderna, and Villaromagnano.

History

It was one of the territories subject to the temporal dominion of the Bishops of Tortona, hence the name that literally means "bishop's ridge". Subject, like the whole territory, to the expansionist aims of the Duchy of Milan, it was the scene of jurisdictional conflicts between the bishops and the Spanish government first and then the Savoy government. After the Napoleonic period it became definitively a territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia.