Frabosa Sottana is a ' (municipality) in the
Province of Cuneo
The province of Cuneo (; ) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west, it borders the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes), to the north the ...
in the
Italian
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** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
region
Piedmont
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, located about south of
Turin
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and about southeast of
Cuneo
Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, 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) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...
. The economy is based on winter tourism, based on the nearby ski resort of
Prato Nevoso
Prato Nevoso (or Pratonevoso) is a ski and holiday resort in northern Italy. It is located at 1480 metres above sea level, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, within the municipal boundaries of the ''comune ''of Frabosa Sottana, of which it is a ...
.
Frabosa Sottana borders the following municipalities:
Frabosa Soprana
Frabosa Soprana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo.
Frabosa Soprana borders the following municipalities: Frabosa Sottana, Magliano Al ...
,
Magliano Alpi
Magliano Alpi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,145 and an area of .All demograp ...
,
Monastero di Vasco
Monastero di Vasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about east of Cuneo.
Monastero di Vasco borders the following municipalities: Frabosa Soprana, Frabosa So ...
,
Roccaforte Mondovì
Roccaforte Mondovì ( Vivaro-Alpine: ''Ròcafuòrt'', ''Ròcafòrt'', or ''Rocafòrt'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo.
Roccaforte ...
, and
Villanova Mondovì.
Frabosa Sottana is in the area of the Occitan language minority.
[“Art. 9 bis Nome a tutela e valorizzazione della storia e della lingua occitana ]
1. Il Comune, in proprio ed in collaborazione con ogni ente o istituzione che abbia competenza in materia, si fa promotore della tutela della storia e della lingua occitana, valorizzandola, secondo i principi del documento espresso dall’associazione culturale “E’Kie’” ed accogliendone lo spirito, nei termini di una tutela attiva.
2. Nella formazione della Giunta Comunale il Sindaco favorisce l’inserimento di almeno un assessore in rappresentanza della popolazione in lingua occitana, nel caso in cui la medesima popolazione esprima un consigliere.
3. Quando si sarà giunti alla definizione di una grafia ufficializzata del Kiè, sarà cura del Comune redigere i cartelli indicatori di località e la toponomastica stradale in italiano ed in occitano, con pari dignità grafica, anche con il recupero di toponimi tradizionali e conformi agli usi locali, nel rispetto comunque sia della normativa riguardante il Codice della Strada sia delle disponibilità del bilancio comunale.”
"Bylaws of the Frabosa Sottana comune"
online on the site ''Comuni e città''.
References
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