Vernante 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 Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....

 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 90 km south 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 15 km south of Cuneo

Cuneo

Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,307 and an area of 62.0 km².

The municipality of Vernante contains the frazione

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...

(subdivision) Palanfrè.

Vernante borders the following municipalities: Boves

Boves

Boves is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 6 km south of Cuneo...

, Entracque

Entracque

Entracque is a small town in the Valle Gesso of the Maritime Alps of north-west Italy, about 20 km southwest of Cuneo and close to the French border...

, Limone Piemonte

Limone Piemonte

Limone Piemonte is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 20 km south of Cuneo, on the border with France...

, Roaschia

Roaschia

Roaschia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 15 km southwest of Cuneo....

, and Robilante

Robilante

Robilante is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km south of Turin and about 10 km southwest of Cuneo...

.