Cosio di Arroscia

Comune in Liguria, Italy

Location of Cosio di Arroscia

44°5′N 7°50′E / 44.083°N 7.833°E / 44.083; 7.833CountryItalyRegionLiguriaProvinceImperia (IM)Government

• MayorMauro ParodiArea

^[1]

• Total40.56 km² (15.66 sq mi)Elevation

721 m (2,365 ft)Population

(30 June 2017)^[2]

• Total208 • Density5.1/km² (13/sq mi)DemonymCosiaschiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

18023

Dialing code0183

Cosio di Arroscia (Ligurian: Coxe, locally Cuxe^[3]^[4]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Genoa and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Imperia.

History

In 1957 the Avant-Garde Groupe Situationist International was founded in Cosio di Arroscia by former members of two other avant-garde groupes, the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus (Asger Jorn, Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio a.o.) and the Lettrist International (Guy Debord a.o.).

Geography

The small village is situated in the Arroscia's high valley, at about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Imperia.

Cosio di Arroscia borders the following municipalities: Briga Alta, Mendatica, Montegrosso Pian Latte, Ormea, and Pornassio.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Dizionario di toponomastica: Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani (in Italian). Milan: Garzanti. 1996. p. 234.
^ Frisoni, Gaetano (1910–2002). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genova: Nuova Editrice Genovese.