Canosio is a small ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Cuneo
Cuneo ( Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), 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 (departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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region
Piedmont
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, located about southwest of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
and about west of
Cuneo
Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and '' comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area.
It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) ...
.
Canosio borders the following municipalities:
Acceglio
Acceglio ( Vivaro-Alpine: ''Acelh'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located above Prazzo in the upper Valle Maira about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo, on the bor ...
,
Argentera
Argentera is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo, on the border with France. It consists of a series of sparse hamlets in the upper Valle ...
,
Marmora,
Pietraporzio
Pietraporzio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Valle Stura about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo, on the border with France.
Pietraporzio borders the following muni ...
,
Prazzo
Prazzo is ''comune'' of the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, northern Italy.
The main village is split into two parts, Prazzo Superiore (upper) and Prazzo Inferiore (lower), at about from each other on the national route 22. Prazzo is part of loca ...
, and
Sambuco.
See also
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Rocca la Meja
Rocca la Meja is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, in the comune of Canosio, Piedmont, northern Italy. It has an altitude of 2,831 m and it is located in the Maira Valley.
Of pyramidal shape, it is mostly composed of dolomitic limesto ...
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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