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Ostana
Comune
Comune di Ostana
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Ostana is located in Italy
Ostana
Ostana
Location of Ostana in Italy
Coordinates: 44°42′N 7°11′E / 44.700°N 7.183°E / 44.700; 7.183
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province / Metropolitan city Cuneo (CN)
Government
 • Mayor Giacomo Lombardo
Area
 • Total 16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Elevation 1,250 m (4,100 ft)
Population (31 December 2010)
 • Total 74
 • Density 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ostanesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 12030
Dialing code 0175

Ostana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Turin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Cuneo. Its population has been declining and in January 2016 it celebrated its first baby since the 1980s.

Ostana borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo Piemonte, Barge, Crissolo, Oncino, and Paesana.

Every year at the beginning of the June, the city hosts the Ostana Prize - Writings in the Mother Tongue [in Italian: Ostana Premio Scritture in Lingua Madre]. It is an annual prize and cultural initiative organized by the Municipality of Ostana and by the Cultural Association Chambra d'Oc. It is dedicated to languages and to literary authors who use a "mother tongue", a present-day minority language of territorial belonging, in their works. The event began in 2008 and is held in Ostana, a municipality in the Valle Po (Italy), every year at the beginning of June. It is open to the public with free admission.

In January 2016, the town welcomed its first baby in 28 years.



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