Briona 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 Novara

Province of Novara

Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...

 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 80 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 15 km northwest of Novara

Novara

Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,196 and an area of 24.7 km².

The municipality of Briona 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) San Bernardino and Proh.

Briona borders the following municipalities: Barengo

Barengo

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

, Caltignaga

Caltignaga

Caltignaga is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km northwest of Novara...

, Carpignano Sesia

Carpignano Sesia

Carpignano Sesia is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Novara...

, Casaleggio Novara

Casaleggio Novara

Casaleggio Novara is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 10 km northwest of Novara...

, Castellazzo Novarese

Castellazzo Novarese

Castellazzo Novarese is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 12 km northwest of Novara...

, Fara Novarese

Fara Novarese

Fara Novarese is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Novara...

, Momo, San Pietro Mosezzo

San Pietro Mosezzo

San Pietro Mosezzo is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 5 km west of Novara...

, and Sillavengo

Sillavengo

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

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External links

• www.comune.briona.no.it/