The municipal area includes main town and also following boroughs: Agazzino, Cà dell’Acqua, Casoni, Cepone, Coste di Sotto, Madonna del Rosario, Nosone, Ponte Tidone, Salumificio and Veratto. Near Veratto, the Tidone flows into the Po.
Climate
Sarmato belongs to climate zone E.[4] It has a continental climate with hot and wet summer, and cold and wet winter. During fall and winter, fog is often frequently present.
The main economy activity is agriculture. The principal plantations are: cereals (mainly wheat and mais), fodder and vegetables (especially tomato). An important branch is zootechnics, especially bovine farming. Regarding industries, there are advanced food factories, building factories, metalworking factories and factories that produce glass, plastic and rubber. A tertiary sector is composed of small network of stores, services and banks. Every Friday morning there is a weekly market.
Transportation
Railway station
The Padana Inferiore state road crosses the municipal area, and it is the main access way.
Sarmato is on bus line Piacenza-Nibbiano Caminata served by SETA.
Railway station is located on line Alessandria-Piacenza.
The A21 Torino Piacenza highway crosses the municipal area. The closet tool booth highway is tool booth of Castel San Giovanni (located on A21 highway) and it is distant almost 8 km.
Between 1893 and 1938 Sarmato was on tram line Piacenza-Pianello-Nibbiano.
Demographic evolution
Citizens recorded.
Ethnic groups
On the date 31 December 2012 the foreign inhabitants in municipality of Sarmato are 538[6] and they represent the 18.2% of population. The nations more represented are:
