Caluso 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 30 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 7,387 and an area of 39.5 km².

The municipality of Caluso 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) Rodallo, Arè, Vallo, Carolina, and Molliette.

Caluso borders the following municipalities: San Giorgio Canavese

San Giorgio Canavese

San Giorgio Canavese is a town and comune in the province of Turin in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy.The main attraction is the castle, once a possession of the Novarese counts of Biandrate.-External links:* *...

, Candia Canavese

Candia Canavese

Candia Canavese is a comune of the Province of Turin situated in the historical region of the Canavese in Piedmont, Italy about 35 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,322 and an area of 9.2 km²...

, Barone Canavese

Barone Canavese

Barone Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 588 and an area of 4.0 km²....

, Mazzè

Mazzè

Mazzè is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,058 and an area of 27.8 km²....

, Foglizzo

Foglizzo

Foglizzo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northeast of Turin. It is part of the Canavese historical region....

, Montanaro

Montanaro

Montanaro is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2007, it had a population of 5,482 and an area of 20.8 km²....

, and Chivasso

Chivasso

Chivasso is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin. Chivasso has a population of about 25,000...

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External links

• www.localport.it/caluso_online/home/hp_calusonline.asp