Pessina Cremonese
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Pessina Cremonese is a 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 Cremona
Province of Cremona
The Province of Cremona is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cremona.The province has an area of 1,771 km² and in 2008 census, had a population of 358,628. There are 115 comuni...

 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 Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 90 km southeast of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 20 km northeast of Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 748 and an area of 22.1 km².

Pessina Cremonese borders the following municipalities: Cappella de' Picenardi
Cappella de' Picenardi
Cappella de' Picenardi is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 15 km east of Cremona....

, Gabbioneta-Binanuova
Gabbioneta-Binanuova
Gabbioneta-Binanuova is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Cremona...

, Isola Dovarese
Isola Dovarese
Isola Dovarese is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km east of Cremona....

, Ostiano
Ostiano
Ostiano is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km northeast of Cremona...

, Pescarolo ed Uniti
Pescarolo ed Uniti
Pescarolo ed Uniti is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 14 km northeast of Cremona...

, Torre de' Picenardi
Torre de' Picenardi
Torre de' Picenardi is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km east of Cremona....

, Volongo
Volongo
Volongo is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km northeast of Cremona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 595 and an area of 7.9 km².Volongo borders the following municipalities:...

.

Sikhtempel

On 21st August 2011 a temple for the local Sikh community was inaugurated. The construction of the building with a space of 2.352 square meters for 500 worshippers cost 1,3 million Euro. Further funds will be needed to ersct the five golden cupolas of the temple. The Gurdwara follows Shri Guru Kalgidhar Singh Sabha.
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