Canosio
Encyclopedia
Canosio is a small comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 80 km southwest of Turin
and about 40 km west of Cuneo
.
Canosio borders the following municipalities: Acceglio
, Argentera
, Marmora
, Pietraporzio
, Prazzo
, and Sambuco
.
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 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 the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 80 km southwest 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...
and about 40 km west of 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...
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Canosio borders the following municipalities: 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...
, Argentera
Argentera
Argentera is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southwest of Turin and about 60 km west of Cuneo, on the border with France. It consists of a series of sparse hamlets in the upper Valle Stura di Demonte...
, Marmora
Marmora, Italy
Marmora is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km west of Cuneo...
, Pietraporzio
Pietraporzio
Pietraporzio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km west of Cuneo, on the border with France...
, Prazzo
Prazzo
Prazzo is comune of the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte, northern Italy.The main village is split in two parts, Prazzo Superiore and Prazzo Inferiore , at about 1 km from each other on the national route 22...
, and Sambuco
Sambuco
Sambuco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km west of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 92 and an area of 46.8 km²....
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