Clavesana 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 70 km south 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 30 km northeast 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 845 and an area of 17.2 km².

The municipality of Clavesana 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) Madonna delle Neve (location of the town hall), Ghigliani, Sbaranzo, Surie, Costa Prà, Feia, Prato del Pozzo, Cravili, Ansaldi, Villero, Gorea, Chiecchi, San Pietro, San Bartolomeo, Gai, Gerino, and Tetti.

Clavesana borders the following municipalities: Bastia Mondovì

Bastia Mondovì

Bastia Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo....

, Belvedere Langhe

Belvedere Langhe

Belvedere Langhe is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...

, Carrù

Carrù

Carrù is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo....

, Cigliè

Cigliè

Cigliè is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 185 and an area of 6.0 km²....

, Farigliano

Farigliano

Farigliano is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...

, Marsaglia

Marsaglia

Marsaglia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo.-External links:*...

, Murazzano

Murazzano

Murazzano is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo....

, and Rocca Cigliè

Rocca Cigliè

Rocca Cigliè is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 149 and an area of 7.3 km²....

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External links

• www.clavesana.info/