Mongrando 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 Biella

Province of Biella

The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...

 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 60 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 8 km southwest of Biella

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,040 and an area of 16.7 km².

Mongrando borders the following municipalities: Borriana

Borriana

Borriana is a commune in the province of Biella, Piedmont ....

, Camburzano

Camburzano

Camburzano is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 7 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,194 and an area of 3.8 km².Camburzano borders the following municipalities:...

, Donato

Donato (BI)

Donato is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin and about 15 km west of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 750 and an area of 11.8 km²....

, Graglia

Graglia

Graglia is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 7 km southwest of Biella....

, Netro

Netro (BI)

Netro is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Biella...

, Occhieppo Inferiore

Occhieppo Inferiore

Occhieppo Inferiore is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,943 and an area of 4.0 km²....

, Ponderano

Ponderano

Ponderano is a municipality with 3833 inhabitants in the Italian province of Biella, in the region of Piemont. Neighbouring communes include Borriana, Gaglianico, Mongrando, Occhieppo Inferiore and Sandigliano....

, Sala Biellese

Sala Biellese

Sala Biellese is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 12 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 622 and an area of 8.1 km².Sala Biellese borders the following...

, Zubiena

Zubiena

Zubiena is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,286 and an area of 12.6 km².Zubiena borders the following municipalities:...

.

Italian-Brazilian filmmaker Vittorio Capellaro

Vittorio Capellaro

Vittorio Capellaro was an Italian Brazilian film director, film producer, film actor, and screenwriter who worked in the Cinema of Brazil between 1915 and 1935.-Director filmography:* Inocência * O Guaraní...

(1877 - 1943) was born in Mongrando.