Ovada

Ovada
Comune di Ovada
Location of Ovada
Ovada
Location of Ovada in Italy
Ovada
Ovada (Piedmont)
Coordinates: 44°38′10″N 8°38′30″E / 44.63611°N 8.64167°E / 44.63611; 8.64167
CountryItaly
RegionPiedmont
ProvinceAlessandria (AL)
FrazioniCosta, Gnocchetto, Grillano, San Lorenzo
Government
  MayorGian Franco Comaschi
Area
  Total
35.3 km2 (13.6 sq mi)
Elevation
186 m (610 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2015)
  Total
11,484
  Density330/km2 (840/sq mi)
DemonymOvadesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
15076
Dialing code0143
Patron saintSan Paolo della Croce
Saint day18 October
WebsiteOfficial website

Ovada ( and Guà in Ligurian, Ovà in Piedmontese) is a comune (municipality) of 11,484 inhabitants in the Province of Alessandria in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Turin and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Alessandria.

Ovada is the main comune of the Ovadese area, an area of the Lower Piedmont and Upper Montferrat, located in the southern portion of the province of Alessandria.Their patron saint is San Paolo della Croce. His saint’s day is on 18 October.