Sandigliano 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 Biella

Province of Biella

The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...

 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 50 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...

 and about 8 km southwest of Biella

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,834 and an area of 10.2 km².

Sandigliano borders the following municipalities: Borriana

Borriana

Borriana is a commune in the province of Biella, Piedmont ....

, Cerrione

Cerrione

Cerrione is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km south of Biella...

, Gaglianico

Gaglianico

Gaglianico is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 4 km southeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,871 and an area of 4.5 km².Gaglianico borders the following municipalities:...

, Ponderano

Ponderano

Ponderano is a municipality with 3833 inhabitants in the Italian province of Biella, in the region of Piemont. Neighbouring communes include Borriana, Gaglianico, Mongrando, Occhieppo Inferiore and Sandigliano....

, Verrone

Verrone

Verrone is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km southeast of Biella....

.

Notable Sandiglianesi

Sandigliano was the birthplace of Ottavio Ottavi

Ottavio Ottavi

Ottavio Ottavi was an Italian oenologist born in Sandigliano. His father Giuseppe Antonio Ottavio was a noted agronomist, and his brother Edoardo, editor of the journal Il Coltivatore, was also seen as a significant figure in the development of nineteenth-century Italian viticulture.He was the...

 (1849– 1893), the well-known agronomist

Agronomist

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 and viticulturalist who founded the Giornale vinicolo italiano.