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

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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) ...

, on the border with France. Acceglio borders the following municipalities:

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 ...

Bellino Bellino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo, on the border with France. It is located in the upper Varaita Valley. Bellino bord ...

Canosio Canosio is a small ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo. Canosio borders the following municipalities: Acceglio, Argentera, Marmora, Pietrapo ...

, Larche (France),

Meyronnes Meyronnes (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Maironas'') is a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Oronaye.Prazzo, and

Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (, literally ''Saint-Paul on Ubaye''; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Pau d'Ubaia'') is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also * Ubaye Valley *Communes of the Alpes-de-Hau ...

(France).

Tourism

The territory of Acceglio, thanks to its intact natural environment, is a destination for hiking, mountain biking and mountaineering. To support those activities, Acceglio has several alpine huts: *

Rifugio Campo Base The Rifugio Campeggio Campo Base is an alpine refuge located in the Municipality of Acceglio, in the Province of Cuneo, Italy. Characteristics It is situated in the ''frazione'' of Chiappera, in the upper Maira Valley at approximately 1,650 met ...

Rifugio Stroppia A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers. Mountain huts are usually operated by an Alpine Club or some organization ...

* Bivacco Barenghi * Bivacco Enrico e Mario

Frazioni

Acceglio has 11 ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' whose elevation

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as '' orthometric heights''. The ...

varies between approximately :www.afpdronero.it/comuni/Acceglio
. * Villar (1375 m) * Ponte Maira (1404 m) * Saretto (1533 m) * Chiappera (1614 m) (pictured) * Bargia (1401 m) * Lausetto (1510 m) * Colombata (1576 m) * Frere (1196 m) * Gheit (1372 m) * Chialvetta (1494 m) * Pratorotondo (1639 m)

References

External links

Official website

www.acceglio.com/
Cities and towns in Piedmont Articles which contain graphical timelines {{Cuneo-geo-stub