Moretta 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 Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....

 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 35 km southwest 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 40 km north of Cuneo

Cuneo

Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,226 and an area of 24.2 km².

The municipality of Moretta 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) Boglio, Bogliotto, Brasse, Brasse Piccolo, Pasco, Piattera, Prese, Roncaglia, and Tetti Varaita.

Moretta borders the following municipalities: Cardè

Cardè

Cardè is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,077 and an area of 19.3 km²....

, Faule

Faule

Faule is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km north of Cuneo, near the Po River....

, Murello

Murello

Murello is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km south of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 904 and an area of 17.2 km²....

, Polonghera

Polonghera

Polonghera is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km south of Turin and about 45 km north of Cuneo...

, Saluzzo

Saluzzo

Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc...

, Torre San Giorgio

Torre San Giorgio

Torre San Giorgio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo...

, Villafranca Piemonte

Villafranca Piemonte

Villafranca Piemonte is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km southwest of Turin....

, and Villanova Solaro

Villanova Solaro

Villanova Solaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km south of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo...

.

External links

• www.comune.moretta.cn.it/