Soglio, Piedmont
Soglio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Turin and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 164 and an area of 3.5 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi).
Soglio borders the following municipalities: Camerano Casasco, Cortanze, Cortazzone, Montechiaro d'Asti, Piea, and Viale.
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Soglio, Switzerland
Soglio is a village and a former municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of the Grisons close to the border with Italy. It is now part of the municipality of Bregaglia.
History
Soglio is first mentioned in 1186 as de Solio.
Geography
Soglio has an area, as of 2006, of 67.6 km2 (26.1 sq mi). Of this area, 25.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (65.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Bergell sub-district of the Maloja district. It is located on a terrace at the entrance to the Passo della Duana which leads into the valley of Avers and the Passo da la Prasignola into the Val Madris. It consists of the village of Soglio (at 1,095 m (3,593 ft)) and the section of Spino.
Soglio lies on a ledge on the mountainside on the northern side of the Val Bregaglia (Bergell in German) above the river Maira (Mera in Italian), with views across the valley to the Bondasca glacier and the peaks of the Sciora group, Piz Cengalo and Piz Badile in the Bregaglia Range.
