Caprauna 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 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

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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 110 km south of Turin

Turin

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 and about 45 km southeast 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 128 and an area of 11.1 km².

The municipality of Caprauna 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) Poggio, Chiazzuola, Ruora, and Case sottane.

Caprauna borders the following municipalities: Alto

Alto

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, Aquila di Arroscia

Aquila di Arroscia

Aquila d'Arroscia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 80 km southwest of Genoa and about 20 km north of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 204 and an area of 10.1 km².Aquila d'Arroscia borders the following...

, Armo

Armo

Armo is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 90 km southwest of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Imperia....

, Borghetto d'Arroscia

Borghetto d'Arroscia

Borghetto d'Arroscia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 90 km southwest of Genoa and about 20 km north of Imperia...

, Ormea

Ormea

Ormea is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Cuneo...

, and Pieve di Teco

Pieve di Teco

Pieve di Teco is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 90 km southwest of Genoa and about 20 km northwest of Imperia...

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