Prazzo
Encyclopedia
Prazzo is comune
of the province of Cuneo
, in Piemonte, northern Italy
.
The main village is split in two parts, Prazzo Superiore (upper) and Prazzo Inferiore (lower), at about 1 km from each other on the national route 22. Prazzo is part of local community of the "Valle Maira" valley.
The town hall, containing the nursery and the primary school, a hotel and most of the shops of the village are located in Prazzo Superiore. The parish church and an army base, at times used by various corps of the Italian Army
and NATO for mountain training, are in Prazzo Inferiore.
Prazzo is about 1,000 m above sea level and is located on the left side of Valle Maira, along which runs the Maira
river.
The local economy is based on agriculture, tourism, public offices and ENEL
(Italy's main electric energy provider). The only public transport available is a bus service that, from the Cuneo
railway station, serves the whole valley up to Acceglio
.
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:...
of 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 Piemonte, northern Italy
Italy
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The main village is split in two parts, Prazzo Superiore (upper) and Prazzo Inferiore (lower), at about 1 km from each other on the national route 22. Prazzo is part of local community of the "Valle Maira" valley.
The town hall, containing the nursery and the primary school, a hotel and most of the shops of the village are located in Prazzo Superiore. The parish church and an army base, at times used by various corps of the Italian Army
Italian Army
The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...
and NATO for mountain training, are in Prazzo Inferiore.
Prazzo is about 1,000 m above sea level and is located on the left side of Valle Maira, along which runs the Maira
Maira
The Maira is an Italian river, a right tributary of the Po River, which runs through the province of Cuneo in eastern Piedmont. Its source is in the Cottian Alps near the Col de Mary on the French border...
river.
The local economy is based on agriculture, tourism, public offices and ENEL
Enel
Enel may refer to:*Enel SpA, an Italian electricity company*Enel , a fictional villain in the One Piece manga and anime series*Enel, meaning third in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, cf. Awakening of the Elves...
(Italy's main electric energy provider). The only public transport available is a bus service that, from the 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...
railway station, serves the whole valley up to Acceglio
Acceglio
Acceglio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located above Prazzo in the upper Valle Maira about 90 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km west of Cuneo, on the border with France...
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