Sansicario Torinese
Encyclopedia
Sansicario is a frazione
of the comune
of Cesana Torinese
(province of Torino) in Piedmont
, north-western Italy
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It lies at 1,700 m in the Val Susa. It is a famous winter tourist resort.
At the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, it hosted the Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bob and also the Women's' Downhill and SG Alpine skiing races.
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...
of the 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:...
of Cesana Torinese
Cesana Torinese
Cesana Torinese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km west of Turin, on the border with France.-External links:*...
(province of Torino) in 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...
, north-western Italy
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...
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It lies at 1,700 m in the Val Susa. It is a famous winter tourist resort.
At the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, it hosted the Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bob and also the Women's' Downhill and SG Alpine skiing races.