Verzuolo
Encyclopedia
Verzuolo is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 66 km southwest of Turin
and about 25 km north of Cuneo
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,379 and an area of 26.2 km².
The municipality of Verzuolo contains the frazioni
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Falicetto, Villanovetta, Papò, Chiamina, S. Bernardo, and Pomerolo.
Verzuolo borders the following municipalities: Costigliole Saluzzo
, Lagnasco
, Manta
, Pagno
, Piasco
, Savigliano
, Villafalletto
.
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 66 km southwest 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 25 km north 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 6,379 and an area of 26.2 km².
The municipality of Verzuolo contains the frazioni
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...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Falicetto, Villanovetta, Papò, Chiamina, S. Bernardo, and Pomerolo.
Verzuolo borders the following municipalities: Costigliole Saluzzo
Costigliole Saluzzo
Costigliole Saluzzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 20 km north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,212 and an area of 15.3 km².Costigliole Saluzzo borders the following...
, Lagnasco
Lagnasco
Lagnasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km south of Turin and about 30 km north of Cuneo....
, Manta
Manta (Cuneo)
Manta is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km north of Cuneo....
, Pagno
Pagno
Pagno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 564 and an area of 8.4 km²....
, Piasco
Piasco
Piasco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Cuneo.It is home to the only museum of harps in the world....
, Savigliano
Savigliano
Savigliano is a comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, c. 50 kilometers south of Turin by rail....
, Villafalletto
Villafalletto
Villafalletto is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 20 km north of Cuneo....
.
Notable Verzuolesi
People born in Verzuolo, or with close links to it, have included:- Giuseppe Siccardi (1802 – 1857) jurist and minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
- Flavio BriatoreFlavio BriatoreFlavio Briatore is an Italian businessman. During the 1980s, he was convicted for multiple counts of fraud, receiving two prison sentences, only one of which he served. As a fugitive from Italy, he set up restaurants and then a number of successful Benneton franchises in the Virgin Islands and the...
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team.