Sampeyre 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 70 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 35 km northwest 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 1,129 and an area of 98.6 km².

The municipality of Sampeyre 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) Becetto, Calchesio, Colle di Sampeyre, Dragoniere, Gilba, Rore, Rouera, Sant'Anna, Villar, and Villaretto.

Sampeyre borders the following municipalities: Brossasco

Brossasco

Brossasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo....

, Casteldelfino

Casteldelfino

Casteldelfino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Cuneo...

, Elva

Elva, Italy

Elva is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 114 and an area of 26.5 km²....

, Frassino (CN)

Frassino

Frassino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 301 and an area of 16.8 km².Frassino borders the following municipalities:...

, Macra

Macra

Macra is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo....

, Oncino

Oncino

Oncino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Cuneo...

, Paesana

Paesana

Paesana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,027 and an area of 58.1 km².Paesana borders the following municipalities: Barge,...

, San Damiano Macra

San Damiano Macra

San Damiano Macra is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo...

, Sanfront

Sanfront

Sanfront is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,642 and an area of 39.7 km².Sanfront borders the following municipalities: Barge,...

, and Stroppo

Stroppo

Stroppo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 98 and an area of 28.4 km²....

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External links

• www.comune.sampeyre.cn.it/