Poirino
Encyclopedia
Poirino is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 20 km southeast of Turin
.
Poirino borders the following municipalities: Chieri
, Riva presso Chieri
, Villanova d'Asti
, Santena
, Villastellone
, Isolabella
, Cellarengo
, Pralormo
, Ceresole Alba
, and Carmagnola
.
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 Turin
Province of Turin
The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...
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 southeast 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...
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Poirino borders the following municipalities: Chieri
Chieri
Chieri is a town and comune in the province of Turin, Piedmont , located about 11 km southeast of Turin...
, Riva presso Chieri
Riva presso Chieri
Riva presso Chieri is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km southeast of Turin.-Natives of Riva presso Chieri:*Domenico Savio , canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1954....
, Villanova d'Asti
Villanova d'Asti
Villanova d'Asti is a town and comune in the province of Asti, Piedmont, northern Italy. It has around 5,000 inhabitants. The economy is based on a mixture of agriculture and industry.Villanova d'Asti was founded in the Middle Ages....
, Santena
Santena
Santena is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km southeast of Turin on the right bank of the Po...
, Villastellone
Villastellone
Villastellone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km south of Turin....
, Isolabella
Isolabella
Isolabella is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km southeast of Turin.Isolabella borders the following municipalities: Villanova d'Asti, Poirino, Valfenera, and Cellarengo....
, Cellarengo
Cellarengo
Cellarengo is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km southeast of Turin and about 20 km west of Asti....
, Pralormo
Pralormo
Pralormo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km southeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,827 and an area of 29.8 km²....
, Ceresole Alba
Ceresole Alba
Ceresole Alba is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo...
, and Carmagnola
Carmagnola
Carmagnola is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located 29 km south of Turin. As of July 11, 2007, it had a population of 27,043 and an area of 96.4 km²....
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Main sights
- Tower of Valgorrera
- Castle of Ternavasso.
- Church of Madonna dell'Ala
- Parish church of Santa Maria Maggiore
- Church of Spirito Santo
- Oratory of San Sebastiano.