Roburent () is a comune (commune or municipality) of the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. its population was 552. The comune extends over a largely wooded area of ranging in elevation from above sea level and straddling the Corsaglia and Casotto valleys.Storia , Pro Loco Roburent. It borders the municipalities of Frabosa Soprana, Garessio, Montaldo di Mondovì, Ormea, Pamparato, and Torre Mondovì.
Population centres and trends There are two main centres of population within the municipal boundaries. Roburent itself, which stands at above sea level, is the capoluogo and site of the municipal administration; it had 183 inhabitants at the time of the 2001 census. San Giacomo at had a resident population of 247. Istat identified Pra (1014 m, pop. 12) as the third well-defined ‘populated centre’ (centro abitato). There were also eight minor settlements classified as ‘populated nuclei’ (nuclei abitati): Cardini (1153 m, pop. 35), Costacalda (1135 m, pop. 6), Mondini (920 m, pop. 14), Montà (780 m, pop. 12), Mottoni (964 m, pop. 2), Nasi (850 m, pop. 9), Patelle (1114 m, pop. 7), and Zitella (800 m, pop. 8).‘Tavola: Popolazione residente - Cuneo (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001’ , 2001 Census, Istat.
Since the First World War there has been a steady decline in the population of the comune, from a maximum of 1919 in 1911 to 552 at the start of 2009. The following graph is based on figures from the official censuses which have taken place since the unification of Italy.Unfortunately the source given is too imprecise to determine whether the figures have been adjusted in order to take account of any boundary changes which may have taken place since 1861.
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Historical notes on San Giacomo di Roburent and adjacent settlements from the site of the Associazione culturale Savin.