Carpaneto Piacentino 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 Piacenza

Province of Piacenza

The Province of Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants . Its total area is 2,589 km². There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Piacenza...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 and about 15 km southeast of Piacenza

Piacenza

Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,224 and an area of 63.2 km².

The municipality of Carpaneto Piacentino 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) Zena, Celleri, Ciriano

Ciriano

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, Chero

Chero

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, Cimafava, Viustino, Travazzano, Badagnano, Rezzano, Magnano

Magnano

Magnano is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 9 km south of Biella...

, and 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....

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Badagnano Castle and Olmeto Castle are located in frazione of Badagnano.http://www.quicarpaneto.it/A01-Frazioni/frazioni-badagnano.htm

Carpaneto Piacentino borders the following municipalities: Cadeo

Cadeo

Cadeo is a town and comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 14 km southeast of Piacenza. It has c. 5,600 inhabitants. The name is derived from Italian, meaning "House of God." This refers to a time when...

, Castell'Arquato

Castell'Arquato

Castell'Arquato is an Italian town located on the first hills of Val D’Arda in the province of Piacenza, in Emilia-Romagna, approximately 30 km from Piacenza and 35 km from Parma...

, Fiorenzuola d'Arda

Fiorenzuola d'Arda

Fiorenzuola d'Arda is a city and comune in Italy in the province of Piacenza, of the Emilia-Romagna region. Its name derives from Florentia . The "d'Arda" portion refers to the River Arda which flows from the Apennines into the valley where Fiorenzuola is situated...

, Gropparello

Gropparello

Gropparello is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km south of Piacenza...

, Lugagnano Val d'Arda

Lugagnano Val d'Arda

Lugagnano Val d'Arda is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km southeast of Piacenza, on the Arda stream....

, Pontenure

Pontenure

Pontenure is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km northwest of Bologna and about 9 km southeast of Piacenza...

, San Giorgio Piacentino

San Giorgio Piacentino

San Giorgio Piacentino is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km northwest of Bologna and about 11 km south of Piacenza...

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External links

• Carpaneto page (Italian)