Moncucco Torinese
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Moncucco Torinese is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Asti
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 20 km east of Turin
and about 30 km northwest of Asti
.
It has a castle (14th century), housing a Museum of Chalk
.
Moncucco Torinese borders the following municipalities: Albugnano
, Arignano
, Berzano di San Pietro
, Castelnuovo Don Bosco
, Cinzano
, Marentino
, Mombello di Torino
, Moriondo Torinese
, and Sciolze
.
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 Asti
Province of Asti
The Province of Asti is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the north west it borders on the province of Turin; to the south west it borders on the province of Cuneo. To the east it borders on the province of Alessandria, while in the south it...
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 20 km east 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 northwest of Asti
Asti
Asti is a city and comune of about 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River...
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It has a castle (14th century), housing a Museum of Chalk
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. Calcite is calcium carbonate or CaCO3. It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores....
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Moncucco Torinese borders the following municipalities: Albugnano
Albugnano
Albugnano is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km east of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Asti....
, Arignano
Arignano
Arignano is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km east of Turin.It is home to two castles, the Rocca and the Castello Inferiore .Lake Arignano is located in the comune....
, Berzano di San Pietro
Berzano di San Pietro
Berzano di San Pietro is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km east of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Asti...
, Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Castelnuovo Don Bosco is a comune in the province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km east of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Asti, on a hill near the confluence of the Nevissano and Bardella.Castelnuovo Don Bosco borders the following municipalities:...
, Cinzano
Cinzano (Turin)
Cinzano is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km east of Turin.Cinzano borders the following municipalities: Casalborgone, Rivalba, Sciolze, Berzano di San Pietro, and Moncucco Torinese....
, Marentino
Marentino
Marentino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 13 km east of Turin.Marentino borders the following municipalities: Sciolze, Moncucco Torinese, Montaldo Torinese, Arignano, and Andezeno....
, Mombello di Torino
Mombello di Torino
udMombello di Torino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km east of Turin....
, Moriondo Torinese
Moriondo Torinese
Moriondo Torinese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km east of Turin....
, and Sciolze
Sciolze
Sciolze is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km east of Turin.Sciolze borders the following municipalities: Gassino Torinese, Rivalba, Cinzano, Marentino, Moncucco Torinese, and Montaldo Torinese....
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