Bosco Marengo is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Alessandria

Province of Alessandria

The Province of Alessandria is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria....

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 80 km southeast of Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 and about 12 km southeast of Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

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Bosco Marengo borders the following municipalities: Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

, Basaluzzo

Basaluzzo

Basaluzzo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,935 and an area of 15.2 km².The municipality of Basaluzzo contains...

, Casal Cermelli

Casal Cermelli

Casal Cermelli is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 9 km south of Alessandria....

, Fresonara

Fresonara

Fresonara is a comune in the province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km southeast of Alessandria....

, Frugarolo

Frugarolo

Frugarolo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southeast of Alessandria....

, Novi Ligure

Novi Ligure

Novi Ligure is a town and comune north of Genoa, in the Piedmont region of the province of Alessandria of northwest Italy.The town produces food, iron, steel, and textiles. It is an important junction for both road and railroad....

, Pozzolo Formigaro

Pozzolo Formigaro

Pozzolo Formigaro is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Predosa

Predosa

Predosa is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km south of Alessandria....

, and Tortona

Tortona

Tortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines.-History:...

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Notable people

• Pope Pius V
  Pope Pius V
  Pope Saint Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri , was Pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardization of the Roman liturgy within the Latin Church...
  
   (1504–1572)
• Michele Bonelli
  Michele Bonelli
  Carlo Michele Bonelli, Cardinal Alessandrino was an Italian senior papal diplomat with a distinguished career that spanned two decades from 1571.-Biography:...
  
   (1541–1598), cardinal and papal diplomat.

Nuclear enrichtment plant

There was a nuclear enrichment

Enriched uranium

Enriched uranium is a kind of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight...

 plant in Bosco Marengo, which started operating in 1973. In December 2008 it was decided that it should be decommissioned

Nuclear decommissioning

Nuclear decommissioning is the dismantling of a nuclear power plant and decontamination of the site to a state no longer requiring protection from radiation for the general public...

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