Cameri is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of

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, located about northeast of

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and about northeast of Novara. Cameri borders the following municipalities: Bellinzago Novarese, Caltignaga, Castano Primo, Galliate, Nosate, Novara, and Turbigo. It is home to a military airfield Cameri Air Base ( ICAO code: LIMN), now used for maintenance of the

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and Eurofighter Typhoon of the Aeronautica Militare as well as final assembly of

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. The current mayor of Cameri is Sindaco Giuliano Pacileo, elected on May 26, 2019. Among the churches is the Madonna di San Cassiano, San Rocco, San Giuseppe, Chiesa del Santissimo Sacramento and Santa Maria Assunta.

Twin towns — sister cities

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