Ailoche is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Biella

Province of Biella

The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 70 km northeast of Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 and about 14 km northwest of Biella

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 321 and an area of 10.3 km².

The municipality of Ailoche contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ailoche, Giunchio, Peiro, Ponte Strona, Piasca, and Venarolo.

Ailoche borders the following municipalities: Caprile

Caprile

Caprile is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km northeast of Biella...

, Coggiola

Coggiola

Coggiola is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Biella...

, Crevacuore

Crevacuore

Crevacuore is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km northeast of Biella...

, Guardabosone

Guardabosone

Guardabosone is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Vercelli...

, Postua

Postua

Postua is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 568 and an area of 16.6 km².Postua borders the following municipalities:...

.