Pecorara 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 160 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 30 km southwest 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 884 and an area of 53.8 km².

The municipality of Pecorara 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) Cicogni

Cicogni

Cicogni is a frazione of the comune of Pecorara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 km southwest of Piacenza.-History:...

, Praticchia, Busseto, Costalta, Sevizzano, Marzonago, Montemartino, Morasco, and Roncaglie.

Pecorara borders the following municipalities: Bobbio

Bobbio

Bobbio is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a diocese of the same name...

, Nibbiano

Nibbiano

Nibbiano is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 170 km northwest of Bologna and about 35 km southwest of Piacenza...

, Pianello Val Tidone

Pianello Val Tidone

Pianello Val Tidone is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km southwest of Piacenza...

, Piozzano

Piozzano

Piozzano is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km southwest of Piacenza...

, Romagnese

Romagnese

Romagnese is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 40 km southeast of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 859 and an area of 29.9 km²....

, Travo

Travo

Travo is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km southwest of Piacenza...

, Zavattarello

Zavattarello

Zavattarello is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 35 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,135 and an area of 28.4 km²....

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External links

• www.comune.pecorara.pc.it/