Cintano 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 Turin

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

 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 40 km north 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 262 and an area of 4.9 km².

The municipality of Cintano 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) Arià, Chiesa, Bosa, Gumbal, Marcellina, Cantel, Guy, Pasquarolo, Quadevia, Brichet, San Rocco, Grangia, Malpasso, Buria, Santuario, and Molinatta.

Cintano borders the following municipalities: Castellamonte

Castellamonte

Castellamonte is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin....

, Colleretto Castelnuovo

Colleretto Castelnuovo

Colleretto Castelnuovo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin....

, and Castelnuovo Nigra

Castelnuovo Nigra

Castelnuovo Nigra is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin.-External links:*...

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