List: Cities and towns in Piedmont

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  • Asti is a city and comune of c. 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern capital of Monferrato.
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  • Villanova d'Asti is a town and comune in the province of Asti, Piedmont, northern Italy. It has around 5,000 inhabitants. The economy is based on a mixture of agriculture and industry. Villanova d'Asti was founded in the Middle Ages. The main sight is the sanctuary of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie
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  • Carignano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km south of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,777 and an area of 50.2 km². Carignano borders the following municipalities: Moncalieri, Vinovo, La Loggia, Piobesi Torinese, Villastellone, Castagnole Piemonte, Osasio, Lombriasco, Carmagnola.
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  • Buttigliera Alta is a town and comune of approximately 6,500 inhabitants, located about 25 km from Turin in the Susa valley in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is not far to Avigliana, of which it once was a part.
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  • Gassino Torinese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 12 km northeast of Turin. Gassino Torinese borders the following municipalities: Settimo Torinese, San Raffaele Cimena, Rivalba, Castiglione Torinese, Sciolze, Pavarolo, Montaldo Torinese.
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  • Domodossola is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola (because it is in the Ossola valley).
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  • Ivrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that, in prehistoric times, formed a great lake. Today a number of 5 smaller lakes: Sirio, San Michele, Pistono, Nero and Campagna dot the area around the town.
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  • Avigliana is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, with c. 11,000 inhabitants, located about 25 km west of Turin. Avigliana lies in the Susa valley, on the highway going from Turin to Frejus (France). It is best known for two maar lakes, Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo. In the nearby is also the massive Sacra di San Michele.
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  • Moncalieri is a town and comune of approximately 58,000 inhabitants about eight kilometers directly south of downtown Turin (to whose province it belongs), in Piedmont, Italy. It is notable for its castle, built in the 12th century and enlarged in 15th century, which later became the favorite residence of Maria Clotilde and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. It is part of the World Heritage Site Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.
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  • Refrancore is a village and comune in the northwestern Italian province of Asti in the Piedmont region, located some 13 km east of Asti in the Basso Monferrato. The territory of the comune extends over an area of 13.15 km² and is largely devoted to agriculture, in particular to vineyards growing the Grignolino and Barbera wine grapes.
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  • Alessandria is a city and comune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plane between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, c. 90 km southeast of Turin. Alessandria is also a major railway hub.
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  • Stresa is a town and comune of about 5,000 inhabitants on the shores of the Lago (Lake) Maggiore in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy; it is situated on the road and rail routes to the Simplon pass . Since the early 20th century, the main source of income has been the tourist trade. Like other locations on Lago Maggiore, it benefits from spectacular views as well as areas of historical and architectural interest.
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  • Vercelli is a city and comune of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC. The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river Po between Milan and Turin. It is an important centre for the cultivation of rice, and is surrounded by paddy fields, which are flooded in summer.
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  • Orbassano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km southwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 21,667 and an area of 22.1 km². The most famous local is Sonia Gandhi, who was raised here, although she was actually born in Lusiana, near Vicenza. Orbassano borders the following municipalities: Turin, Rivoli, Rivalta di Torino, Beinasco, Nichelino, Volvera, Candiolo, None.
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  • Villalvernia is a comune, population 932, in the Province of Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy, situated in a hilly area on the right bank of the Scrivia.
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  • 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. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura, and neighbours the communes of Boves, Cervasca, Vignolo, Beinette, Peveragno, Castelletto Stura, Caraglio and Tarantasca.
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  • Alba is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is considered the capital of the hilly area of Langhe, and is famous for the white truffle, peach and wine production. The confectionery group Ferrero is based in Alba.
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  • 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, in the Bo mountain range near Mt.
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  • Arona is a town and comune on Lake Maggiore, in the province of Novara. Its main economic activity is tourism, especially from Milan, France and Germany.
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  • Mondovì (Ël Mondvì in Piemontese) is a town and comune (township) of Piedmont, northern Italy, located c. 80 km from Turin. The town, located on the Monte Regale hill, is divided into several rioni (ancient quarters): Piazza (the most ancient), Breo, Pian della Valle, Carassone, Borgato and Rinchiuso, lower, next to the Ellero stream, developed from the 18th century when industries developed in Mondovì and when it reached by the railway.
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  • Bra — Comune — Comune di Bra File:Italy location map. svgFile:Red pog.
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  • Pavone Canavese is a comune (municipality) 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 3,812 and an area of 11.1 km². Pavone Canavese borders the following municipalities: Ivrea, Banchette, Samone, Colleretto Giacosa, Romano Canavese, Perosa Canavese, San Martino Canavese.
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  • Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy. The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are found in the surrounding mountains. It has a population of approximately 16,000. Saluzzo was the birthplace of Silvio Pellico and of typographer Giambattista Bodoni.
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  • Vezza d'Alba is a comune in Piedmont.
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