San Gillio
Encyclopedia
San Gillio is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 15 km northwest of Turin
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San Gillio borders the following municipalities: La Cassa
, Val della Torre
, Druento
, Givoletto
, Pianezza
, and Alpignano
.
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 15 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...
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San Gillio borders the following municipalities: La Cassa
La Cassa
La Cassa is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,475 and an area of 12.0 km²....
, Val della Torre
Val della Torre
Val della Torre is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northwest of Turin.It is situated in the Graian Alps. The Monte Colombano's summit is in the municipal territory....
, Druento
Druento
Druento is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 12 km northwest of Turin.Druento is located in a hilly-plain territory, between the Givoletto mountains and the Turin's plain. Attractions include La Mandria Regional Park, housing a former house of...
, Givoletto
Givoletto
Givoletto is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northwest of Turin....
, Pianezza
Pianezza
Pianezza is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 12 km northwest of Turin.-External links:*...
, and Alpignano
Alpignano
Alpignano is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km west of Turin on the Dora Riparia in the Val di Susa plain.-External links:*...
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