Caraglio 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 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

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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 southwest 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 10 km northwest 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 6,476 and an area of 41.5 km².

The municipality of Caraglio 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) Vallera, Bottonasco, Paniale, Paschera San Carlo, Paschera San Defendente, and San Lorenzo.

Caraglio borders the following municipalities: Bernezzo

Bernezzo

Bernezzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 9 km west of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,195 and an area of 25.9 km²....

, Busca

Busca

Busca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Cuneo...

, Cervasca

Cervasca

Cervasca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 7 km west of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,360 and an area of 18.3 km²....

, 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...

, Dronero

Dronero

Dronero is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Cuneo at the entrance of the Valle Maira.-Main sights:...

, Montemale di Cuneo

Montemale di Cuneo

Montemale di Cuneo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 14 km northwest of Cuneo...

, Valgrana

Valgrana

Valgrana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 14 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 815 and an area of 23.1 km².Valgrana borders the following municipalities:...

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