Rocca Canavese
Encyclopedia
Rocca Canavese is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 30 km northwest of Turin
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,678 and had an area of 14.2 km².
Rocca Canavese borders the following municipalities: Corio
, Forno Canavese
, Levone
, Barbania
, Vauda Canavese
, Nole
, and San Carlo Canavese
.
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 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...
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 30 km northwest 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 1,678 and had an area of 14.2 km².
Rocca Canavese borders the following municipalities: Corio
Corio (TO)
Corio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 30 km northwest of Turin.Corio borders the following municipalities: Locana, Sparone, Pratiglione, Forno Canavese, Coassolo Torinese, Rocca Canavese, Balangero, Mathi, Nole, and Grosso....
, Forno Canavese
Forno Canavese
Forno Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,743 and an area of 16.7 km²....
, Levone
Levone
Levone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northwest of Turin. The first recorded document to mention Levone dates back to 1197...
, Barbania
Barbania
Barbania is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km north of Turin. It is in the middle of Malone river plain....
, Vauda Canavese
Vauda Canavese
Vauda Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,505 and an area of 7.2 km²....
, Nole
Nole
Nole is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northwest of Turin in the lower Canavese, at the feet of the Valli di Lanzo....
, and San Carlo Canavese
San Carlo Canavese
San Carlo Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northwest of Turin...
.