Piuro

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Piuro | official_name = Comune di Piuro | native_name = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|46|20|N|9|25|E|type:city(1,938)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Lombardy]] | province = [[Province of Sondrio]] (SO) | frazioni = [[Savogno]] | mayor_party = | mayor = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 85.4 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1938 | population_as_of = Dec. 2004 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 23020 | area_code = 0343 | website = {{official website|http://www.piuro.net}} | footnotes = }} '''Piuro''' (''Piür'' in the [[Chiavenna|local dialect]]) is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Province of Sondrio]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] region [[Lombardy]], located about {{convert|100|km|mi}} north of [[Milan]] and about {{convert|40|km|mi}} northwest of [[Sondrio]], on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,938 and an area of {{convert|85.4|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]].</ref>

The municipality of Piuro contains the ''[[frazione]]'' (subdivision) [[Savogno]].

Piuro borders the following municipalities: [[Avers]] (Switzerland), [[Campodolcino]], [[Chiavenna (SO)|Chiavenna]], [[Ferrera]] (Switzerland), [[Madesimo]], [[Novate Mezzola]], [[Prata Camportaccio]], [[San Giacomo Filippo]], [[Soglio, Switzerland|Soglio]] (Switzerland), [[Villa di Chiavenna]].

On 4 September 1618, Piuro (then belonging to the [[Three Leagues]]) was the site of one of the worst landslides in [[recorded history]]. The event, described as an avalanche (somewhat inaccurately as it was more probably a mudslide), completely wiped out Piuro and killed between 1,000 and 2,500 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/september-4-1618-the-landslide-of-plurs/|title=September 4, 1618: The landslide of Plurs}}</ref>{{better source|date=May 2021}}

== Demographic evolution == {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |graph-pos=bottom |1861|1796 |1871|1997 |1881|2061 |1901|1914 |1911|1764 |1921|1746 |1931|1869 |1936|1647 |1951|1823 |1961|1694 |1971|1564 |1981|1697 |1991|1713 |2001|1913 | source=Data from ISTAT }}

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.piuro.net www.piuro.net]

{{Province of Sondrio}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Lombardy]] [[Category:Val Bregaglia]] [[Category:Landslides in Italy]] [[Category:1618 disasters]] [[Category:1610s natural disasters]] [[Category:17th-century landslides]]