Savigliano

For another use, see Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano.

Savigliano (Piedmontese: Savijan) is a comune of Piedmont, Northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Turin by rail.

Savigliano Savijan (Piedmontese)
Comune
Comune di Savigliano
Town centre
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°39′N 7°38′E
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Cuneo (CN)
Frazioni	Apparizione, Braida, Canavere Alte, Canavere Basse, Cascina Due Porte, Cavallotta, Ex Ferriera, Levaldigi, Martinetto-Consolata, Oropa, Palazzo, Rigrasso, San Salvatore, Sanità, Solere, Suniglia, Tetti Roccia, Tetti Vigna
Government
• Mayor	Antonello Portera
Area [1]
• Total	110.79 km2 (42.78 sq mi)
Elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Population  (1 January 2021)[2]
• Total	21,442
• Density	193.54/km2 (501.26/sq mi)
Demonym	Saviglianese(i)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	12038
Dialing code	0172
Patron saint	St. Sebastian
Saint day	August 19
Website	Official website

It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.

Main sights

Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I to Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain.

There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives.

Notable people

• Elena Busso, volleyball player^[3]
• Sara Curtis (born 2006), swimmer
• Santorre di Santarosa, an Italian Philhellene
• Luca Filippi, racing driver
• Giovanni Schiaparelli, astronomer^[4]

Twin towns

• Pylos, Greece, since 1962
• Mormanno, Italy, since 1962
• Villa María, Argentina, since 2000