Fobello 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

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 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 100 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 70 km northwest 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 246 and an area of 29.3 km².

Fobello borders the following municipalities: Bannio Anzino

Bannio Anzino

Bannio Anzino is a commune of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 40 km west of Verbania....

, Carcoforo

Carcoforo

Carcoforo is a comune in the province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli...

, Cervatto

Cervatto

Cervatto is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 48 and an area of 9.4 km².Cervatto borders the following municipalities:...

, Cravagliana

Cravagliana

Cravagliana is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 60 km northwest of Vercelli...

, Rimasco

Rimasco

Rimasco is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli...

, Rimella

Rimella

Rimella is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli...

, and Rossa

Rossa (VC)

Rossa is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 60 km northwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 183 and an area of 11.6 km².Rossa borders the following municipalities:...

.

The famous automotive engineers Vincenzo Lancia

Vincenzo Lancia

Vincenzo Lancia was an Italian pilot, engineer and founder of Lancia.Vincenzo Lancia was born in the small village of Fobello on 24 August 1881, close to Turin...

 (1881-1937) and his son Gianni Lancia

Gianni Lancia

Gianni Lancia is an Italian former automobile engineer, industrialist and racing enthusiast, known for running the Lancia carmaker in Torino...

(1924-) were from Fobello.