Flecchia

Flecchia
Frazione

Panorama from the parish church, the monte Barone in the background
Flecchia

Location of Flecchia in Italy

Coordinates: IT 45°40′15″N 8°11′37″E / 45.67083°N 8.19361°E / 45.67083; 8.19361Coordinates: IT 45°40′15″N 8°11′37″E / 45.67083°N 8.19361°E / 45.67083; 8.19361
Country  Italy
Region  Piedmont
Province Biella (BI)
Comune Pray
Elevation[1] 582 m (1,909 ft)
Population (2001)[2]
  Total 194
Demonym(s)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 13867
Dialing code (+39) 015

Flecchia is a frazione (and a parish) of the municipality of Pray, in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Name

In former times the village was named Flechia or Felicetum Libicorum.[3]

History

Palazzo Riccio

Flecchia in 1305 was severely damaged by the followers of fra Dolcino, which set fire to it.[3]

The local parish of Sant'Ambrogio was established in 1438.[4]

Since 1928 it was a separate comune (municipality).[4]

Relevant buildings

References

  1. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. 14 °Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in September 2013)
  3. 1 2 Goffredo Casalis (1840). Dizionario geografico-storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S. M. il Re di Sardegna 6. Torino: Maspero. pp. 667–668.
  4. 1 2 Flecchia, page on www.prolocopray.it (accessed on September 2013)
  5. Comuni della Provincia di Biella, AA.VV, Nerosubianco edizioni, Cuneo 2005

External links

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