Rubiana 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
Metropolitan City of Turin
The Metropolitan City of Turin (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the prov ...
in the
Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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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 northwest 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 ...
.
The municipality of Rubiana contains the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Mompellato and Favella.
Rubiana borders the following municipalities:
Viù
Viù is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.
Viù's central square used to feature a wooden statue of Pinocchio, which is 6.53 meters tall and weighs ab ...
,
Condove
Condove is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italian. It is located in the Val di Susa, approximately west of Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important bus ...
,
Val della Torre
Val della Torre is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.
It is situated in the Graian Alps. The Monte Colombano
Monte Colombano (in Piedmontese mont Colo ...
,
Caprie
Caprie is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about west of Turin.
Caprie borders the following municipalities: Condove, Rubiana, Villar Dora, Sant'Ambrogio di Torino
Sant'Ambrogio di ...
,
Villar Dora, and
Almese
Almese (Piedmontese: ''Almèis'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the lower Val di Susa, about west of Turin.
Twin towns – sister cities
Almese is twinned with:
* ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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