Quattordio (Quatòrdi in
Piedmontese
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) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Alessandria
The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part o ...
in the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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*** Regional Ita ...
region
Piedmont
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, located about southeast 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 west of
Alessandria.
Quattordio borders the following municipalities:
Castello di Annone
Castello di Annone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about east of Asti.
Castello di Annone borders the following municipalities: Asti, Cerro Tanaro, Qua ...
,
Cerro Tanaro
Cerro Tanaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti.
Cerro Tanaro borders the following municipalities: Castello di Annone, Masio, Quatt ...
,
Felizzano
Felizzano (Flissan in Piemontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about west of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,4 ...
,
Masio
Masio (Mas in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria.
Masio borders the following municipalities: Cerro Tana ...
,
Refrancore
Refrancore ( Piedmontese: ''Ël Francó'' or ''Arfrancor'') is a village and ''comune'' in the northwestern Italian province of Asti in the Piedmont region, located some east of Asti in the Basso Monferrato. The territory of the ''comune'' exte ...
, and
Viarigi.
Despite its small population, the town has been, for more than 70 years, an important industrial site (particularly with regard to paint industry). The name derives from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...
''Quattuordecimum ''("fourteenth"), indicating its distance from
Asti
Asti ( , , ; pms, Ast ) is a '' comune'' of 74,348 inhabitants (1-1-2021) located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deeme ...
.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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