Viverone 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 Biella

Province of Biella

The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...

 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 50 km northeast 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 Biella

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,434 and an area of 12.4 km².

Viverone borders the following municipalities: Alice Castello

Alice Castello

Alice Castello is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km west of Vercelli...

, Azeglio

Azeglio

Azeglio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,303 and an area of 9.9 km²....

, Borgo d'Ale

Borgo d'Ale

Borgo d'Ale is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km west of Vercelli...

, Piverone

Piverone

Piverone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,267 and an area of 11.1 km²....

, Roppolo

Roppolo

Roppolo is a municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km south of Biella...

, Zimone

Zimone

Zimone is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 413 and an area of 2.9 km²....

.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling

Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin...

 (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands...

 UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 World Heritage Site.