Candia 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:...

of 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...

 situated in the historical region of the Canavese

Canavese

thumb|250px|Church of Santa Croce at [[Sparone]].Canavese is a subalpine geographical and historical area of north-west Italy which lies today within the Province of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its castles.-Location:...

 in 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...

, Italy

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  about 35 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 1,322 and an area of 9.2 km². It borders the following municipalities: Strambino

Strambino

Strambino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,132 and an area of 22.7 km²....

, Mercenasco

Mercenasco

Mercenasco is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northeast of Turin....

, Vische

Vische

Vische is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northeast of Turin.Vische borders the following municipalities: Strambino, Vestignè, Borgomasino, Candia Canavese, Moncrivello, Mazzè, and Villareggia....

, 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....

, and Caluso

Caluso

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

.

It is known for the wine Erbaluce di Caluso and for its lake, the Lago di Candia

Lago di Candia

The Lago di Candia is a small, shallow Italian lake of glacial origin, located by the town of Candia Canavese in the Piedmontese province of Turin. The lake forms the centre of an evironmentally important wetland area which, as the Parco naturale del Lago di Candia, became a nature reserve in 1995....

, which is protected as part of the Parco naturale del Lago di Candia nature reserve

Nature reserve

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 and also has a rowing

Watercraft rowing

Watercraft rowing is the act of propelling a boat using the motion of oars in the water. The difference between paddling and rowing is that with rowing the oars have a mechanical connection with the boat whereas with paddling the paddles are hand-held with no mechanical connection.This article...

 club.

Various historic buildings found nearby include the eleventh-century church of Santo Stefano al Monte, which probably stands on the ruins of a pagan temple and the late Roman Pieve di San Michele. The eighteenth-century Castrum Candia (Italian: Castello di Candia) was built on the site of the ancient castle of count Enrico de Candia (He was also known as Henry, Count of Malta

Henry, Count of Malta

Henry, Count of Malta was a Genoese Lord of Candia , adventurer, privateer and pirate active in the Mediterranean at the beginning of the thirteenth century...

), which dominated the town until it was badly damaged in the fourteenth century during the wars of the Canavese and finally dismantled by Fabrotino da Parma. Eventually a new castle was erected by the counts and it is known today as "Castelfiorito" di Candia Canavese.