comune
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Metropolitan City of Turin
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) 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 50 km west of
Turin
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, on the border with France.
Venaus borders the following municipalities:
Bramans
Bramans is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.Giaglione
Giaglione (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France.
Giaglione borders the following municipalities: Bramans (France), Chiomonte, E ...
,
Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis
Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.Mompantero, Moncenisio, and
Novalesa
Novalesa (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, on the border with France.
Novalesa borders the following municipalities: Bessans (France), ...
.
File:Spadonaro di Venaus scorta la statua del patrono San Biagio durante la processione.jpg, Procession of the statue of the patron St. Blaise accompanied by a traditional ''spadonaro''
File:Spadonaro di Venaus durante la danza delle spade.jpg, One of the four traditional ''spadonari'' during "sword dance"