Murazzano
Encyclopedia
Murazzano is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 70 km southeast of Turin
and about 40 km east of Cuneo
.
Murazzano borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Langhe
, Bonvicino
, Bossolasco
, Clavesana
, Igliano
, Marsaglia
, Mombarcaro
, Paroldo
, San Benedetto Belbo
, and Torresina
. It is a center of robiola
cheese production.
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 70 km southeast 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 east 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...
.
Murazzano borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Langhe
Belvedere Langhe
Belvedere Langhe is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Bonvicino
Bonvicino
Bonvicino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 122 and an area of 7.2 km².Bonvicino borders the following municipalities:...
, Bossolasco
Bossolasco
Bossolasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km northeast of Cuneo....
, Clavesana
Clavesana
Clavesana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Igliano
Igliano
Igliano is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo, with an area of 3.4 km². it had a population of 80....
, Marsaglia
Marsaglia
Marsaglia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo.-External links:*...
, Mombarcaro
Mombarcaro
Mombarcaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km east of Cuneo...
, Paroldo
Paroldo
Paroldo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 239 and an area of 12.6 km²....
, San Benedetto Belbo
San Benedetto Belbo
San Benedetto Belbo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 190 and an area of 5.0 km².San Benedetto Belbo borders the following...
, and Torresina
Torresina
Torresina is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km east of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 64 and an area of 3.8 km²....
. It is a center of robiola
Robiola
Robiola is an Italian soft-ripened cheese of the Stracchino family, made with varying proportions of cow’s, goat’s milk and sheep milk. One theory is that the cheese gets its name from the town of Robbio in the province of Pavia; another that the name comes from the word rubeole because of the...
cheese production.