Fiavè
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Fiavè is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km southwest of Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,053 and an area of 24.3 km².

The municipality of Fiavè 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) Ballino, Favrio and Stumiaga.

Fiavè borders the following municipalities: Comano Terme
Comano Terme
Comano Terme is an Italian comune of the province of Trentino in northern Italy. It was created on January 1, 2010 by the union of the former comuni of Bleggio Inferiore and Lomaso.-History:...

, Bleggio Superiore
Bleggio Superiore
Bleggio Superiore is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km west of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,540 and an area of 32.7 km².-Geography:...

, Ledro
Ledro
Ledro is an Italian comune in Trentino in northern Italy. It was created on January 1, 2010 by the union of the former comuni of Pieve di Ledro, Bezzecca, Concei, Molina di Ledro, Tiarno di Sopra and Tiarno di Sotto.-History:...

 and Tenno.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling
Stilt house
Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin...

 (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands...

 UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 World Heritage Site.
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