Sant'Ambrogio di Torino
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Sant'Ambrogio di Torino is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 25 km west of Turin
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Sant'Ambrogio di Torino borders the following municipalities: Caprie
, Villar Dora
, Chiusa di San Michele
, Avigliana
and Valgioie
.
Nearby is the massive Sacra di San Michele
.
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 25 km west 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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Sant'Ambrogio di Torino borders the following municipalities: Caprie
Caprie
Caprie is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km west of Turin. As of April 2011, it had a population of 1,925 and an area of 16.35 km²....
, Villar Dora
Villar Dora
Villar Dora is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km west of Turin. As of 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,035 and an area of 5.6 km²....
, Chiusa di San Michele
Chiusa di San Michele
Chiusa di San Michele is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km west of Turin....
, Avigliana
Avigliana
Avigliana is a town and comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, with c. 11,000 inhabitants, located about 25 km west of Turin. Avigliana lies in the Susa valley, on the highway going from Turin to Frejus ....
and Valgioie
Valgioie
Valgioie is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val Sangone, about 30 km west of Turin....
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Nearby is the massive Sacra di San Michele
Sacra di San Michele
The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael’s Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa overlooking the villages of Avigliana and Chiusa di San Michele, northern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history came under...
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