Villar Perosa
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- For the Villar Perosa submachine gun see: Villar-Perosa aircraft submachine gunVillar-Perosa aircraft submachine gunThe Villar-Perosa aircraft submachine gun was an Italian double barreled light machine gun designed by Bethel Abiel Revelli, a Major in the Italian Army in 1914. The weapon fired pistol calibre 9 mm Glisenti ammunition, a reduced-power version of the famous 9 mm Para, at the extremely high rate of...
Villar Perosa 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 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
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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 40 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...
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Villar Perosa borders the following municipalities: Pinasca
Pinasca
Pinasca is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin in the Val Chisone....
, San Pietro Val Lemina
San Pietro Val Lemina
San Pietro Val Lemina is a town and comune in the Italian province of Turin, part of the Piedmont region.- External links :* *...
, Inverso Pinasca
Inverso Pinasca
Inverso Pinasca is a village and comune with c. 600 inhabitants in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin in the Val Chisone....
, San Germano Chisone
San Germano Chisone
San Germano Chisone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin...
, Porte
Porte, Italy
Porte is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin.Porte borders the following municipalities: Pinerolo, San Pietro Val Lemina, Villar Perosa, San Germano Chisone, and San Secondo di Pinerolo....
. Once a predominantly agricultural center, it is now an industrial hub with two SKF
SKF
SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB , later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products and related services globally.-History:The company was founded on...
plants and one of ZF Sachs
ZF Sachs
ZF Sachs AG is a German manufacturer of automotive parts, producing powertrain and suspension components. It was formerly known as Fichtel & Sachs, Mannesmann Sachs and Sachs...
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