Borgolavezzaro (
Piedmontese
Piedmontese (; autonym: or , in it, piemontese) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, northwestern region of Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly regard ...
: ''Borghlavzar'',
Lombard: ''Burglavsàr'') is a ''
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 Novara
Novara (It. ''Provincia di Novara'') is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara
Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of ...
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
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region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northeast 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 southeast of
Novara
Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...
.
Borgolavezzaro borders the following municipalities:
Albonese,
Cilavegna,
Nicorvo,
Robbio
Robbio is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 45 km west of Pavia. It is part of Lomellina traditional region.
Robbio borders the ...
,
Tornaco,
Vespolate.
Borgolavezzaro was founded in 1200.
It was the birthplace of illustrious figures like the war's minister and Alpine group's founder Cesare Magnani Ricotti, the italian writers Luigi Gramegna and Gaudenzio Merula, and Luigi Tornielli, politician and founder of BPN one of the most important bank of northern Italy.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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