Vico Canavese 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 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

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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 50 km north 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 883 and an area of 32.8 km².

The municipality of Vico Canavese 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) Novareglia, Drusacco, and Inverso.

Vico Canavese borders the following municipalities: Champorcher

Champorcher

Champorcher is a comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, the main town in the Champorcher Valley....

, Pontboset

Pontboset

Pontboset is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy....

, Valprato Soana

Valprato Soana

Valprato Soana is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin, in Val Soana, included in the Gran Paradiso National Park. It borders the municipalities Cogne, Champorcher, Ronco Canavese, Traversella and Vico Canavese....

, Quincinetto

Quincinetto

Quincinetto is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km north of Turin....

, Traversella

Traversella

Traversella is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 372 and an area of 39.4 km²....

, Brosso

Brosso

Brosso is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 462 and an area of 11.3 km²....

, Trausella

Trausella

Trausella is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km north of Turin, in the Val Chiusella....

, Meugliano

Meugliano

Meugliano is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 96 and an area of 4.5 km²....

, Lessolo

Lessolo

Lessolo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,990 and an area of 7.9 km²....

, Alice Superiore

Alice Superiore

Alice Superiore is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km north of Turin...

, and Rueglio

Rueglio

Rueglio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 795 and an area of 15.3 km²....

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External links

• www.comune.vico.to.it