Cerrione 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 50 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 11 km south 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 2,818 and an area of 27.9 km².

The municipality of Cerrione 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) Magnonevolo and Vergnasco.

Cerrione borders the following municipalities: Borriana

Borriana

Borriana is a commune in the province of Biella, Piedmont ....

, Magnano

Magnano

Magnano is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 9 km south of Biella...

, Roppolo

Roppolo

Roppolo is a municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km south of Biella...

, Salussola

Salussola

Salussola is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km southeast of Biella....

, Sandigliano

Sandigliano

Sandigliano is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km southwest of Biella...

, Verrone

Verrone

Verrone is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km southeast of Biella....

, Zimone

Zimone

Zimone is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 413 and an area of 2.9 km²....

, Zubiena

Zubiena

Zubiena is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,286 and an area of 12.6 km².Zubiena borders the following municipalities:...

.