Carcoforo is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
province of Vercelli
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in the
Italian
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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 northwest of
Vercelli
Vercelli (; pms, Vërsèj ), 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, ...
.
Carcoforo borders the following municipalities:
Alto Sermenza,
Bannio Anzino
Bannio Anzino (pop. 539) is a '' commune'' of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania.
The main population centres within the municipality are the ''frazi ...
,
Ceppo Morelli,
Fobello
Fobello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli.
Fobello borders the following municipalities: Alto Sermenza, Bannio Anzino, Ca ...
and
Macugnaga
Macugnaga (Walser German: ''Z'Makana'') is a mountain village and a comune at elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of the Piedmont region of Italy.
It is located at the base of Monte Rosa (), the second-tallest mounta ...
.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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