Bajardo

Comune in Liguria, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Bajardo

43°54′N 7°43′E / 43.900°N 7.717°E / 43.900; 7.717CountryItalyRegionLiguriaProvinceImperia (IM)FrazioniBerzi, Vignai ^[1]Government

• MayorFrancesca LauraArea

^[2]

• Total24.54 km² (9.47 sq mi)Elevation

^[3]

900 m (3,000 ft)Population

(28 February 2017)^[3]

• Total333 • Density14/km² (35/sq mi)DemonymBaiardesi or BajocchiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

18031

Dialing code0184Patron saintSaint Nicholas of Bari^[4]WebsiteOfficial website

Bajardo (also Baiardo) (Ligurian: Baiardu) is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria. It is about 110 kilometres (68 mi) southwest of Genoa and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Imperia.

Its principal settlement, Bajardo itself, is a medieval village which stands at an elevation of 900 metres (3,000 ft)^[3] on a peak at the head of the basin of the Nervia torrent.

History

First ruled by the Counts of Ventimiglia, it passed to the Marquis of Ceva before coming under Genoese control in 1259. It remained with Genoa until 1815 when it became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.^[2] The parish church of San Nicolò da Bari in Piazza Parrocchiale ^[5] was built in 1893 to replace the church destroyed by the earthquake of 1887.^[2]

References

^ Comune di Baiardo, Statuto (1992).
^ ^a ^b ^c Provincia di Imperia, Bajardo.
^ ^a ^b ^c Italian statistical institute (Istat), Elenco comuni italiani 31 mar 2009.
^ A deduction made from the fact that the only parish church which Chiesa Cattolica Italiana website identifies within the comune is S. Nicolò da Bari, Piazza Parrocchiale 12, Bajardo 18031 (IM).
^ Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, Parrocchia San Nicolò da Bari^{[permanent dead link]}.