Pozzol Groppo
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Pozzol Groppo 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 Alessandria
Province of Alessandria
The Province of Alessandria is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria....

 in the Italian
Italy
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 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 110 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 35 km east of Alessandria
Alessandria
-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 394 and an area of 13.9 km².

The municipality of Pozzol Groppo 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) San Lorenzo and Bigiasco.

Pozzol Groppo borders the following municipalities: Cecima
Cecima
Cecima 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...

, Godiasco
Godiasco
Godiasco is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km south of Milan and about 30 km south of Pavia...

, Momperone
Momperone
Momperone is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km east of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 225 and an area of 8.6 km².Momperone borders the following municipalities:...

, Montemarzino
Montemarzino
Montemarzino is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km east of Turin and about 30 km east of Alessandria...

, and Volpedo
Volpedo
Volpedo is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km east of Turin and about 30 km east of Alessandria....

.

The actual comune was formed from the merging, in 1929, of the two previous Pozzol and Groppo.
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