Ostana


Ostana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. Its population has been declining and in January 2016 it celebrated its first baby since the 1980s.
Ostana borders the following municipalities: Bagnolo Piemonte, Barge, Crissolo, Oncino, and Paesana.

The Ostana Prize

Every year at the beginning of the June, the city hosts the Ostana Prize - Writings in the Mother Tongue . It is an annual prize and cultural initiative organized by the Municipality of Ostana and by the Cultural Association Chambra d'Oc. It is dedicated to languages and to literary authors who use a "mother tongue", a present-day minority language of territorial belonging, in their works. The event began in 2008 and is held in Ostana, a municipality in the Valle Po, every year at the beginning of June. It is open to the public with free admission.

Notable events

In January 2016, the town welcomed its first baby in 28 years.