Noasca is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin
The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and ...
in the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Piedmont
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, located about northwest of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, 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 ...
, in the
Orco Valley
The Orco Valley ( it, Valle dell'Orco) is a valley in the Piedmont region of northern Italy located in the Graian Alps, in the territory of the Metropolitan City of Turin. The valley takes its name from the Orco river, which flows through the va ...
.
Noasca borders the following municipalities:
Cogne
Cogne (, ; Issime wae, Kunji) is a town and '' comune'' (municipality) in Aosta Valley, northern Italy, with 1369 inhabitants, as of 2017.
Geography
Cogne is located in the valley with the same name along a stream known as the Torrent Grand ...
,
Valsavarenche
Valsavarenche (local Valdôtain: ; known as ''Valsavara'' under fascist rule from 1939 to 1946, and as ''Valsavaranche'' from 1946 to 1976) is a '' comune'' in the Aosta Valley
, Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana ( ...
,
Locana
Locana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley. In the early 1900s the town had about 7,000 residents. As of 2019 the population declined ...
,
Ceresole Reale
Ceresole Reale is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley, on the border with France.
Ceresole Reale borders the following municipaliti ...
,
Groscavallo
Groscavallo is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in one of the Valli di Lanzo about northwest of Turin, on the border with France. The Levanne massif is located nearby.
The c ...
, and
Chialamberto. It is part of the
Gran Paradiso National Park
Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian: ''Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso''; ), is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the ...
. The main peak in the area is the
Roc at .
The town has become famous for the Cingino Dam, which attracts goats that climb the steep dam to lick on the salty bricks.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
Canavese
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