San Raffaele Cimena
Encyclopedia
San Raffaele Cimena is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 15 km northeast of Turin
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San Raffaele Cimena borders the following municipalities: Chivasso
, Brandizzo
, Castagneto Po
, Settimo Torinese
, Gassino Torinese
, and Rivalba
.
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 northeast 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 Raffaele Cimena borders the following municipalities: Chivasso
Chivasso
Chivasso is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin. Chivasso has a population of about 25,000...
, Brandizzo
Brandizzo
Brandizzo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km northeast of Turin.Brandizzo borders the following municipalities: Chivasso, Volpiano, Settimo Torinese, and San Raffaele Cimena....
, Castagneto Po
Castagneto Po
Castagneto Po is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin....
, Settimo Torinese
Settimo Torinese
Settimo Torinese is a comune in the province of Torino, in Piedmont. It is a Turinese suburb taking its name from the distance from that city, which amounted to seven Roman miles...
, Gassino Torinese
Gassino Torinese
Gassino Torinese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 12 km northeast of Turin....
, and Rivalba
Rivalba
Rivalba is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km northeast of Turin.Rivalba borders the following municipalities: Castagneto Po, San Raffaele Cimena, Gassino Torinese, Casalborgone, Sciolze, and Cinzano....
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