Zinasco 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 Pavia

Province of Pavia

The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,753...

 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 Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 40 km south of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 10 km southwest of Pavia

Pavia

Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...

 in the Lomellina

Lomellina

The Lomellina is a geographical and historical area in the Pianura Padana of northern Italy, located in south-western Lombardy between the Sesia, Po and Ticino rivers....

. It is formed by two villages, Zinasco Vecchio, known from the 12th century, and Zinasco Nuovo ("Old" and "New Zinasco", respectively). It became part of the Savoy-Piedmont

Duchy of Savoy

From 1416 to 1847, the House of Savoy ruled the eponymous Duchy of Savoy . The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the County of Savoy...

 in 1713.

Zinasco borders the following municipalities: Bastida Pancarana

Bastida Pancarana

Bastida Pancarana is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Pavia in the Oltrepò Pavese traditional region....

, Carbonara al Ticino

Carbonara al Ticino

Carbonara al Ticino is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia....

, Cava Manara

Cava Manara

Cava Manara is a comune in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Pavia, not far from the confluence of the Ticino and the Po rivers....

, Cervesina

Cervesina

Cervesina is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,186 and an area of 12.5 km²....

, Corana

Corana

Corana is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Pavia....

, Dorno

Dorno

Dorno is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km southwest of Milan and about 15 km west of Pavia...

, Gropello Cairoli

Gropello Cairoli

Gropello Cairoli is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southwest of Milan and about 15 km west of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,251 and an area of 26.1 km².Gropello Cairoli borders the following...

, Mezzana Rabattone

Mezzana Rabattone

Mezzana Rabattone is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km south of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Pavia....

, Pancarana

Pancarana

Pancarana is a comune in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Pavia, in the Oltrepò Pavese....

, Pieve Albignola

Pieve Albignola

Pieve Albignola is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Pavia....

, Sommo

Sommo

Sommo is a comune in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, about 40 km south of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Pavia, on the eastern border of Lomellina traditional region....

, Villanova d'Ardenghi

Villanova d'Ardenghi

Villanova d'Ardenghi is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southwest of Milan and about 9 km west of Pavia...

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