Roppolo is a municipality in the

Province of Biella The province of Biella (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''provincia ëd Biela'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. Culture Biella is home to th ...

in the

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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 Turin ( , ; ; , then ) 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. The city is main ...

and about south of

Biella Biella (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the northern Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the Province of Biella, province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of ...

. Roppolo is located on the southern slopes of

Ivrea Ivrea (; ; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is ...

glacial ridge, west to the Lake of Viverone. It borders the following municipalities: Alice Castello,

Cavaglià Cavaglià (; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cavaglià borders the following municipalities: Alice Castello, Carisio, Dorzano, R ...

Cerrione Cerrione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cerrione borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Piedmont, Borriana, Mag ...

Dorzano Dorzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella Biella (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the northern Italy, Italian region of Pie ...

Salussola Salussola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Do ...

, Viverone, Zimone. The hamlet is mentioned for the first time in a 936 AD document. It is home to Roppolo Castle, largely built during the 14th century. Economy is based on the production of wine and

kiwifruit Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry (botany), berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ''Actinidia''. The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, ...

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Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub