Cellio 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 Vercelli

Province of Vercelli

Vercelli is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is Vercelli., it has an area of 2,088 km², and a total population of 176,829...

 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 45 km north of Vercelli

Vercelli

Vercelli is a city and comune of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC.The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 898 and an area of 10.0 km².

The municipality of Cellio 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) Agua, Carega, Allera, Merlera, Valmonfredo, Viganallo, Cosco, Arva, Crabia, Forcola, Maddalena, Mollie, Casaccia, Tairano, Mascherana, Casa Resegotti, Cerchiera, Agarla, Bosco, Zagro, Baltegora, Sella, Culagna, Camo, and Fronto.

Cellio borders the following municipalities: Borgosesia

Borgosesia

Borgosesia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km north of Vercelli.The largest town in the Valsesia, it is crossed by the Sesia River....

, Breia

Breia

Breia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km north of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 184 and an area of 7.4 km²....

, Madonna del Sasso, Quarona

Quarona

Quarona is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km north of Vercelli, along the Sesia River.-External links:* *...

, and Valduggia

Valduggia

Valduggia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km north of Vercelli...

.