Borgo Vercelli is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Vercelli in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about northeast of
Turin
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and about northeast of
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) 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 600 BC.
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.
Borgo Vercelli borders the following municipalities:
Casalino
Casalino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,469 and an area of .All demogr ...
,
Casalvolone
Casalvolone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Novara.
Casalvolone borders the following municipalities: Borgo Vercelli, Casalbelt ...
,
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) 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 600 BC.
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,
Villata, and
Vinzaglio.
The
Battle of Vercellae
The Battle of Vercellae or Battle of the Raudine Plain was fought on 30 July 101 BC on a plain near Vercellae in Gallia Cisalpina (modern-day Northern Italy). A Celto-Germanic confederation under the command of the Cimbric king Boiorix was de ...
is traditionally deemed to have occurred here in 101 BC. The economy is based on the production of rice.
People
* Blessed
Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951), a
Roman Catholic
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professed religious of the
Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret
References
External links
Official website
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