Gropparello 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 Piacenza

Province of Piacenza

The Province of Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants . Its total area is 2,589 km². There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Piacenza...

 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 Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 and about 25 km south of Piacenza

Piacenza

Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,379 and an area of 56.3 km².

The municipality of Gropparello 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) Castellana, Groppovisdomo, Gusano, La Valle, Montechino, Obolo, Sariano, and Veggiola.

The territory of the municipality lies between 175 and 1099 metres above sea level. The altimetric span is thus 924 metres.

Gropparello borders the following municipalities: Bettola

Bettola

Bettola is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km west of Bologna and about 30 km south of Piacenza.- Notable people:...

, Carpaneto Piacentino

Carpaneto Piacentino

Carpaneto Piacentino is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 15 km southeast of Piacenza...

, Lugagnano Val d'Arda

Lugagnano Val d'Arda

Lugagnano Val d'Arda is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km southeast of Piacenza, on the Arda stream....

, Morfasso

Morfasso

Morfasso is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km west of Bologna and about 35 km south of Piacenza...

, Ponte dell'Olio

Ponte dell'Olio

Ponte dell'Olio is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 22 km south of Piacenza, about 85 k. south of Milan and about 160 km northwest of Bologna...

, San Giorgio Piacentino

San Giorgio Piacentino

San Giorgio Piacentino is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km northwest of Bologna and about 11 km south of Piacenza...

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External links

• www.comune.gropparello.pc.it