Pontecurone

Pontecurone
Comune di Pontecurone
Location of Pontecurone
Pontecurone
Location of Pontecurone in Italy
Pontecurone
Pontecurone (Piedmont)
Coordinates: 44°57′N 8°55′E / 44.950°N 8.917°E / 44.950; 8.917
CountryItaly
RegionPiedmont
ProvinceAlessandria (AL)
Government
  MayorGiovanni Valentino D'Amico
Area
  Total
29.7 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation
104 m (341 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2021)
  Total
3,528
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
DemonymPontecuronesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
15055
Dialing code0131
WebsiteOfficial website

Pontecurone (Piedmontese: Poncròu) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located on the left bank of the Curone, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Turin and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Alessandria.

Pontecurone borders the following municipalities: Casalnoceto, Casei Gerola, Castelnuovo Scrivia, Rivanazzano Terme, Tortona, Viguzzolo, and Voghera.

In 1635 it was the site of a battle in which Odoardo Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza and allied to the French, defeated the Spanish troops under Caspar Azevedo.