Boves
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Boves is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 80 km south of Turin
and about 6 km south of Cuneo
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,507 and an area of 51.1 km².
The municipality of Boves contains the frazioni
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Castellar, Cerati, Fontanelle, Madonna dei Boschi, San Mauro, Rivoira, San Giacomo, Sant'Anna, and Mellana
.
Boves borders the following municipalities: Borgo San Dalmazzo
, Cuneo
, Limone Piemonte
, Peveragno
, Robilante
, Roccavione
, and Vernante
.
The town of Boves was the scene, on September 19, 1943, of a famous massacre of civilians by the 1st SS Panzer Division in which the SS set fire to more than 350 houses and killed many villagers.
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 Cuneo
Province of Cuneo
ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 80 km south 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 6 km south of Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,507 and an area of 51.1 km².
The municipality of Boves 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) Castellar, Cerati, Fontanelle, Madonna dei Boschi, San Mauro, Rivoira, San Giacomo, Sant'Anna, and Mellana
Mellana
Mellana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
.
Boves borders the following municipalities: Borgo San Dalmazzo
Borgo San Dalmazzo
Borgo San Dalmazzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 8 km southwest of Cuneo...
, Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
, Limone Piemonte
Limone Piemonte
Limone Piemonte is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 20 km south of Cuneo, on the border with France...
, Peveragno
Peveragno
Peveragno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 8 km southeast of Cuneo....
, Robilante
Robilante
Robilante is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 10 km southwest of Cuneo...
, Roccavione
Roccavione
Roccavione is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 9 km southwest of Cuneo.Located in the Valle Vermenagna, it is also known as "the Alps' gate"....
, and Vernante
Vernante
Vernante is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 15 km south of Cuneo...
.
The town of Boves was the scene, on September 19, 1943, of a famous massacre of civilians by the 1st SS Panzer Division in which the SS set fire to more than 350 houses and killed many villagers.