Azeglio 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 45 km northeast 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 1,303 and an area of 9.9 km².

The municipality of Azeglio 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) Piane and Pobbia.

Azeglio borders the following municipalities: Bollengo

Bollengo

Bollengo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin.Bollengo borders the following municipalities: Torrazzo, Burolo, Ivrea, Palazzo Canavese, Magnano, Albiano d'Ivrea, and Azeglio....

, Palazzo Canavese

Palazzo Canavese

Palazzo Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 826 and an area of 5.1 km²....

, Piverone

Piverone

Piverone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,267 and an area of 11.1 km²....

, Albiano d'Ivrea

Albiano d'Ivrea

Albiano d'Ivrea is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin....

, Viverone

Viverone

Viverone is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km south of Biella...

, Caravino

Caravino

Caravino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,031 and an area of 11.5 km²....

, Settimo Rottaro

Settimo Rottaro

Settimo Rottaro is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. It takes its name from its distance from Ivrea, amounting to seven Roman miles.Settimo Rottaro borders the following municipalities: Azeglio, Caravino, Borgo d'Ale,...

, and Borgo d'Ale

Borgo d'Ale

Borgo d'Ale is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km west of Vercelli...

.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling

Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin...

 (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands...

 UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 World Heritage Site.