page_title: Roero
section_title: Extent
hierarchical_section_title: Roero / Extent
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Stemma della famiglia Roero di Asti- da un disegno dell'Incisa del 1806.
context_page_description: Roero is a geographical area in the north-east corner of the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, north-west Italy. This hilly region is known for its wines and for its fruit production: particularly the peaches of Canale and the local variety of pear known as Madernassa which originated in the late eighteenth century in Vezza d'Alba. Strawberries are also grown.
  The name comes from the Roero family of bankers and traders, who were prominent in the political life of Asti and its environs, and who dominated this area for a number of centuries during the Middle Ages.
  The designated zone of production for the DOCG wines Roero and Roero Arneis is a subset of this territory which comprises the communes of Castellinaldo, Canale, Corneliano d’Alba, Piobesi d’Alba and Vezza d’Alba, plus parts of Baldissero d'Alba, Castagnito, Guarene, Govone, Magliano Alfieri, Montà, Monteu Roero, Pocapaglia, Priocca, Santa Vittoria d'Alba, Santo Stefano Roero and Sommariva Perno.
context_section_description: The territory lies to the north of Alba. The river Tanaro marks its southern border, dividing it from the Langhe. To the north-east its informal boundary with Monferrato follows approximately the line of the border between the provinces of Cuneo and Asti, although Cisterna d’Asti can be taken to be part of Roero. To the north-west it is confined by the province of Turin. To the west its border is taken to be the SS 661 state road which runs through the communes of Bra, Sanfrè and Sommariva del Bosco.
  The communes which fall, partly or entirely within Roero are thus:
  Alba
  Baldissero d’Alba
  Bra
  Canale
  Castagnito
  Castellinaldo
  Ceresole Alba
  Cisterna d’Asti
  Corneliano d’Alba
  Govone
  Guarene
  Magliano Alfieri
  Montà
  Montaldo Roero
  Monteu Roero
  Monticello d’Alba
  Piobesi d’Alba
  Pocapaglia
  Priocca
  Sanfrè
  Santa Vittoria d’Alba
  Santo Stefano Roero
  Sommariva del Bosco
  Sommariva Perno
  Vezza d’Alba
caption: Coat of arms of the Roero family.
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