Grignasco is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Novara
The province of Novara () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.
In 1992, the new province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola was created through the fusion of three geographical areas whic ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
, located about northeast of
Turin
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and about northwest of
Novara
Novara (; Novarese Lombard, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous ...
.
Grignasco borders the following municipalities:
Boca,
Borgosesia
Borgosesia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli.
The largest town in Valsesia
Valsesia (; Walser German: ''Tseschrutol'') i ...
,
Prato Sesia
Prato Sesia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara.
Prato Sesia borders the following municipalities: Boca, Cavallirio, Grignasco, ...
,
Serravalle Sesia
Serravalle Sesia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, ...
, and
Valduggia
Valduggia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli.
Valduggia borders the following municipalities: Boca, Borgosesia, Cellio con ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Grignasco is
twinned with:
*
Pont-Sainte-Maxence
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, France, since 1992
See also
*
Santa Maria Assunta, Grignasco
Santa Maria Assunta (St Mary of the Assumption) is a late-Baroque architecture, Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Grignasco, in the Province of Novara in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The small parish church was d ...
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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