The Metropolitan City of Turin (;

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: ''sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the

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region of

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. Its capital is the city 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 ...

. It replaced the

province of Turin The province of Turin (; ; ) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Turin. The province existed until 31 December 2014, when it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Turin. Geography It ...

and comprises 312 ''

comuni 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 ...

'' (: ''

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 ...

''). It was created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and established by the Law 56/2014. It has been officially operating since 1 January 2015. It has 2,207,873 inhabitants. The Metropolitan City of Turin is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (''sindaco metropolitano'') and by the Metropolitan Council (''consiglio metropolitano''). Since 27 October 2021,

Stefano Lo Russo Stefano Lo Russo is an Italian politician and geologist, Mayor of Torino, Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Vice President of ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) with responsibility for European and International Policies ...

has served as the mayor of the capital city, succeeding

Chiara Appendino Chiara Appendino (born 12 June 1984) is an Italian politician and sports manager, mayor of Turin and the Turin metropolitan city from 30 June 2016 to 27 October 2021 and vice president of the Italian Tennis Federation from 2 October 2020. She is ...

. The largest Metropolitan City of Italy, it is the only one to border a foreign state,

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Geography

It has an area of , and a total population of 2,211,114. There are 312 ''

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'') in the metropolitan area – the most of any province or metropolitan city in Italy. The province with the second highest number of ''comuni'' (municipalities) is

Cuneo Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...

with 250. The territory consists of a mountainous area to the west and north along the border with France and with the Valle d'Aosta, and part that is flat or hilly in the south and east. The mountainous part is home to part of the Hautes Alpes, the

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and, to a much lesser extent, the

Pennine Alps The Pennine Alps (, , , ), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley and Piedmont) an ...

. The highest point in the Metropolitan City of Turin is the Roc (4,026 m), located in the Gran Paradiso massif on the border with Valle d'Aosta. Several wildlife reserves are located in the province, including the Sacro Monte Natural Reserve in Belmonte and the

Gran Paradiso National Park Gran Paradiso National Park (; ) is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the park; it is contiguous with the French Vanois ...

. The

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy are a group of buildings in Turin and the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont, northern Italy. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997. History The House of Savoy is an ancient ro ...

, located in Turin and several other towns in the province, as well as the

Sacro Monte di Belmonte 350px, View of the sanctuary. The Sacred Mountain of Belmonte (Italian: ''Sacro Monte di Belmonte'') is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the ''comune'' of Valperga, in the Metropolitan City of Turin (Piedmont, northern Italy). It is one of t ...

, are

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Demographics

Government

List of Metropolitan Mayors of Turin

Metropolitan Council

The new metro municipalities, giving large urban areas the administrative powers of a province, are conceived for improving the performance of local administrations and to slash local spending by better coordinating the municipalities in providing basic services (including transport, school and social programs) and environment protection. In this policy framework, the Mayor of Turin is designated to exercise the functions of Metropolitan mayor, presiding over a Metropolitan Council formed by 18 mayors of municipalities within the Metro municipality. The first Metropolitan Council of the City was elected on 12 October 2014:

Municipalities

There are 118 municipalities (''

)'' in the Metropolitan City. are: The 10 largest by population are: Castle of Moncalieri 2818

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Agliè Agliè (Piedmontese: ''Ajé'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Agliè borders the following municipalities: San Martino Canavese, Torre Canavese, ...

Airasca Airasca ( Piedmontese: ''Airasca'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Airasca borders the following municipalities: Cumiana, Volvera, None, Pisc ...

Ala di Stura Ala di Stura (Piedmontese language, Piedmontese and Franco-Provençal language, Franco-Provençal: ''Ala'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located in one of the Valli di Lanzo ...

* Albiano d'Ivrea * Almese * Alpette * Alpignano * Andezeno * Andrate *

Angrogna Angrogna (Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Angreugna'', Occitan language, Occitan: ''Angruenha'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Angro ...

* Arignano *

Avigliana Avigliana (; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of Italy, with 12,129 inhabitants as of 1 January 2023. It lies about west of Turin in the Susa valley, on the motorway going from Turin to ...

* Azeglio *

Bairo Bairo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, about north of Turin. Bairo borders the following municipalities: Castellamonte, Torre Canavese Torre Canavese ( Piedmontese: ''La Tor Bè ...

* Balangero * Baldissero Canavese * Baldissero Torinese * Balme *

Banchette Banchette is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Banchette borders the following municipalities: Ivrea, Fiorano Canavese Fiorano Canavese is a ''comune' ...

* Barbania *

Bardonecchia Bardonecchia (; ; , ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first c ...

* Barone Canavese *

Beinasco Beinasco ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Twin towns Beinasco is twinned with: * Piatra Neamţ, Romania (2001) * Manilva, Spain (2009) Peo ...

* Bibiana * Bobbio Pellice * Bollengo * Borgaro Torinese * Borgiallo *

Borgofranco d'Ivrea Borgofranco d'Ivrea is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about north of Turin. Borgofranco d'Ivrea borders the following municipalities: Settimo Vittone, Andrate, Nomaglio, Brosso, Qu ...

* Borgomasino * Borgone Susa * Bosconero * Brandizzo * Bricherasio *

Brosso Brosso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Brosso borders the following municipalities: Tavagnasco, Traversella, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Quassolo, Lessolo ...

* Brozolo * Bruino * Brusasco *

Bruzolo Bruzolo (pop. 1,525 as of 1 January 2017)) is a ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Located some west of Turin, in the lower Susa Valley, it is a member of the Comunità Montana Bassa Valle di Susa e V ...

Buriasco Buriasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Buriasco borders the following municipalities: Pinerolo, Scalenghe Scalenghe is a ''comune'' (munic ...

* Burolo * Busano * Bussoleno * Buttigliera Alta * Cafasse * Caluso *

Cambiano Cambiano () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin. Cambiano borders the following municipalities: Pino Torinese, Chieri, Pecetto Torinese, Moncalie ...

* Campiglione-Fenile *

Candia Canavese Candia Canavese (in Piedmontese language: ''Cándia'') is a ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin situated in the historical region of the Canavese in Piedmont, Italy about northeast of Turin. It borders the following municipalities: S ...

Candiolo Candiolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It ...

Canischio Canischio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Canischio borders the following municipalities: Sparone, Cuorgnè, Alpette, San Colombano Belmonte, Pratigl ...

* Cantalupa * Cantoira * Caprie * Caravino * Carema * Carignano *

Carmagnola Carmagnola (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located south of Turin. The town is on the right side of the Po river. The nature of the soil determined over time how the river's ...

Casalborgone Casalborgone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Casalborgone borders the following municipalities: San Sebastiano da Po, Lauriano, Castagneto Po, ...

* Cascinette d'Ivrea * Caselette * Caselle Torinese *

Castagneto Po Castagneto Po is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Castagneto Po borders the following municipalities: Chivasso, San Sebastiano da Po, San Raffaele Ci ...

* Castagnole Piemonte * Castellamonte *

Castelnuovo Nigra Castelnuovo Nigra is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. It is formed by the union of two villages: Sale Castelnuovo and Villa Castelnuovo. References ...

* Castiglione Torinese * Cavagnolo * Cavour *

Cercenasco Cercenasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin, bordering the municipalities of Castagnole Piemonte, Scalenghe, Buriasco Buriasco is a ''comune'' (mun ...

* Ceres * Ceresole Reale * Cesana Torinese * Chialamberto * Chianocco * Chiaverano *

Chieri Chieri (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (Italy), located about southeast of Turin, by rail and by road. It borders the following municipalities: Baldissero Torinese, Pavarolo, Montaldo Torinese, Pino ...

Chiesanuova Chiesanuova (; ) is one of the nine of San Marino. It has a population of 1,143 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 5.46 km2. The castello is governed by a Captain and a seven-member Junta, with Marino Rosti serving as Captain since 20 ...

Chiomonte Chiomonte (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) within the metropolitan city of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about west of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern ...

* Chiusa di San Michele *

Chivasso Chivasso (; ) is a communes of Italy, comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Chivasso has a population of about 27,000. It is situated on the :wikt:left bank, left bank ...

* Ciconio * Cintano *

Cinzano Cinzano () is an Italian brand of vermouth, a brand owned since 1999 by Campari Group, Gruppo Campari. History Cinzano vermouths date back to 1757 and the Turin herbal shop of two brothers, Giovanni Giacomo and Carlo Stefano Cinzano, who creat ...

* Cirié * Claviere * Coassolo Torinese *

Coazze Coazze (French: Couasse) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northe ...

Collegno Collegno (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. It occupies an alluvial plain at the end of the Val di Susa, between Rivoli and Turin, at the foot of ...

* Colleretto Castelnuovo *

Colleretto Giacosa Colleretto Giacosa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Colleretto Giacosa borders the following municipalities: Samone, Loranzè, Pavone Canavese, Parell ...

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 ...

* Corio * Cossano Canavese *

Cuceglio Cuceglio (''Cusele'' in Piedmontese language) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Monuments and places of interest In Piazza Guglielmo Ma ...

Cumiana Cumiana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Cumiana borders the following municipalities: Giaveno, Trana, Piossasco, Pinasca, Volvera, Pinerolo, ...

Cuorgnè Cuorgnè (; or ' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Cuorgnè is located at the mouth of the Orco Valley, and borders the following municipalities: C ...

* Druento *

Exilles Exilles (Occitan: ''Eissilhas''; nonstandard Occitan: ''Isiya''; Piedmontese: ''Isiles''; Latin: ''Excingomagus'' or ''Scingomagus''; Italianization under Italian Fascism: ''Esille'') is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Itali ...

* Favria * Feletto *

Fenestrelle Fenestrelle (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. It is the location of the Fenestrelle Fort, an alpine fortification which guarded the route between t ...

* Fiano *

Fiorano Canavese Fiorano Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy ...

* Foglizzo * Forno Canavese *

Frassinetto Frassinetto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Frassinetto borders the following municipalities: Traversella, Ingria Ingria (; ; ; ) is a histori ...

* Front * Frossasco * Garzigliana * Gassino Torinese *

Germagnano Germagnano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. ...

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 ...

Giaveno Giaveno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. History Giaveno has very ancient origins; some local historians trace the first settlement back to Roman time ...

* Givoletto *

Gravere Gravere () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. Until 1713, it was the first commune in the Val di Susa in the Duchy of Savoy when coming from France ...

* Groscavallo * Grosso *

Grugliasco Grugliasco (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, about west of Turin. Grugliasco borders the municipalities of Turin, Collegno, and Rivoli. In 1945, members of the retreating ...

Ingria Ingria (; ; ; ) is a historical region including, and adjacent to, what is now the city of Saint Petersburg in northwestern Russia. The region lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian ...

* Inverso Pinasca * Isolabella * Issiglio *

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 ...

* La Cassa * La Loggia *

Lanzo Torinese Lanzo Torinese (''Lans'' in Piedmontese and arpitan) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, region of Piedmont, northwestern Italy. It is located about northwest of Turin at the mouth of the Valli di Lanzo. History ...

Lauriano Lauriano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, about northeast of Turin. Lauriano borders the following municipalities: Verolengo, Monteu da Po, San Sebastiano da Po, Cavagnolo, Ca ...

* Leinì * Lemie *

Lessolo Lessolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Lessolo borders the following municipalities: Brosso, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Montalto Dora, Val di Chy, Va ...

* Levone * Locana * Lombardore * Lombriasco *

Loranzè Loranzè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Loranzè borders the following municipalities: Fiorano Canavese, Salerano Canavese Salerano Canavese is a ''c ...

Luserna San Giovanni Luserna San Giovanni (Occitan language, Occitan: ''Luzerna e San Jan'', Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Luserna e San Gioann'', French: Lucerne Saint-Jean) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italia ...

* Lusernetta * Lusigliè * Macello * Maglione * Mappano * Marentino *

Massello Massello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin, in the Valle Germanasca. Massello borders the following municipalities: Pragelato, Roure, Fenestre ...

* Mathi * Mattie * Mazzè *

Meana di Susa Meana di Susa (French: Méans) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin. Meana di Susa borders the municipalities of Susa, Gravere, Mattie, Usseaux, ...

* Mercenasco *

Mezzenile Mezzenile is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. The caves of Pugnetto are located in a fraction of Mezzenile, on the road from Traves, Piedmont Trave ...

* Mombello di Torino * Mompantero * Monastero di Lanzo *

Moncalieri Moncalieri (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 56,134 inhabitants (31 January 2022) about directly south of downtown Turin (to whose Metropolitan City of Turin, Metropolitan City it belongs), in Piedmont, Italy. It is the most populous suburb ...

* Moncenisio * Montaldo Torinese * Montalenghe * Montalto Dora * Montanaro * Monteu da Po * Moriondo Torinese *

Nichelino Nichelino () is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Nichelino borders the following municipalities: Turin, Orbassano, Beinasco, Moncalieri, Candiolo, and Vi ...

* Noasca * Nole * Nomaglio * None * Novalesa * Oglianico *

Orbassano Orbassano (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Orbassano borders the following municipalities: Turin, Rivoli, Rivalta di Torino, Beinasco, Nichelino, Volve ...

* Orio Canavese *

Osasco Osasco () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo area and ranking fifth in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the ninth highest gross do ...

* Osasio *

Oulx Oulx (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the Susa Valley on the border with France. Names Like many other towns in the Susa Valley, Oulx has diff ...

* Ozegna * Palazzo Canavese *

Pancalieri Pancalieri is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, about 30 km southwest of Turin. Pancalieri borders the following municipalities: Osasio, Virle Piemonte, Vigone, Lombriasco, Ca ...

* Parella * Pavarolo *

Pavone Canavese Pavone Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. Pavone Canavese borders the following municipalities: Ivrea, Banchette Banchette is a ' ...

Pecetto Torinese Pecetto Torinese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin. Pecetto Torinese borders the following municipalities: Turin, Pino Torinese, Chieri, Moncalieri, ...

Perosa Argentina Perosa Argentina (French: Pérouse) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin, in the val Chisone. The population of the village is 3061 (30 June 2023). I ...

Perosa Canavese Perosa Canavese () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin. Perosa Canavese borders the following municipalities: Pavone Canavese, Romano Canavese ...

Perrero Perrero (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Perrero borders the following municipalities: Roure, Italy, Roure, Perosa Argentina, Massello, Pomaret ...

Pertusio Pertusio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 736 and an area of 4.0 km².All demographics and ...

Pessinetto Pessinetto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northwest of Turin. Pessinetto borders the following municipalities: Monastero di Lanzo, Ceres, Mezzenile, Lanzo ...

* Pianezza * Pinasca *

Pinerolo Pinerolo (; ; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northwestern Italy, southwest of Turin on the river Chisone. The Lemina torrent has its source at the boundary between Pinerolo and San Pietro Val di Lemi ...

Pino Torinese Pino Torinese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin. Pino Torinese borders the following municipalities: Turin, Baldissero Torinese, Chieri, Pecett ...

* Piobesi Torinese * Piossasco *

Piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Lutherans and Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a pisci ...

* Piverone *

Poirino Poirino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin. Poirino borders the following municipalities: Chieri, Riva presso Chieri, Villanova d'Asti, Santena, Vi ...

* Pomaretto * Pont-Canavese * Porte *

Pragelato Pragelato (also ''Pragelà''; Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Prajalats'', French: Prajalats) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the uppe ...

* Prali *

Pralormo Pralormo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about 25 km southeast of Turin. Pralormo borders the following municipalities: Poirino, Cellarengo, Montà, Ceresole Alba, Santo Stefan ...

* Pramollo * Prarostino *

Prascorsano Prascorsano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Prascorsano borders the following municipalities: Cuorgnè, San Colombano Belmonte, Canischio, Pratigli ...

Pratiglione Pratiglione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont. It is located about north of Turin, in the Canavese geographical area. Pratiglione borders the following municipalities: Sparone, ...

* Quagliuzzo *

Quassolo Quassolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is ...

* Quincinetto * Reano * Ribordone * Riva presso Chieri *

Rivalba Rivalba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about northeast of Turin. Rivalba borders the following municipalities: Castagneto Po, San Raffaele Cimena, Gassino Torinese, Casalborgone, ...

Rivalta di Torino Rivalta di Torino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 14 km southwest of Turin in the valley of the Sangone. It is home to a medieval castle, around which the town o ...

* Rivara * Rivarolo Canavese * Rivarossa * Rivoli * Robassomero * Rocca Canavese * Roletto *

Romano Canavese Romano Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern I ...

Ronco Canavese Ronco Canavese is nestled in the alpine region of Valle Soana. Ronco Canavese is a small mountain municipality in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 50 km north of Turin. It lies at the center of the Soana Valley (Valle Soana), perc ...

* Rondissone *

Rorà Rorà is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin Situated 5 km from Luserna San Giovanni, the small center of Rorà lies at the foot of Mount F ...

* Rosta * Roure * Rubiana * Rueglio * Salassa *

Salbertrand Salbertrand ( Occitan: ''Salberträn''; Italian: ''Salabertano'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about west of Turin. At 31 December 2004 it had a population of 522 and an area of ...

Salerano Canavese Salerano Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Salerano Canavese borders the following municipalities: Ivrea, Fiorano Canavese, Banchette Banchet ...

* Salza di Pinerolo * Samone * San Benigno Canavese * San Carlo Canavese *

San Colombano Belmonte San Colombano Belmonte is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern ...

* San Didero * San Francesco al Campo * San Germano Chisone *

San Gillio San Gillio (literally "Saint Giles") is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. San Gillio borders the following municipalities: La Cassa, Val della To ...

* San Giorgio Canavese *

San Giorio di Susa San Giorio di Susa (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km west of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centr ...

* San Giusto Canavese *

San Martino Canavese San Martino Canavese () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. San Martino Canavese borders the following municipalities: Castellamonte, Pavone Canavese, Col ...

* San Maurizio Canavese *

San Mauro Torinese San Mauro Torinese is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region. It is bordered by the territories of Settimo Torinese, Castiglione Torinese, Turin, and Baldissero Torinese. History The first written recor ...

* San Pietro Val Lemina * San Ponso * San Raffaele Cimena * San Sebastiano da Po * San Secondo di Pinerolo * Sangano * Sant'Ambrogio di Torino * Sant'Antonino di Susa *

Santena Santena (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin on the right bank of the Po. The of Gamenario is known for the Battle of Gamenario, fought on 22 April 1345 b ...

* Sauze d'Oulx * Sauze di Cesana *

Scalenghe Scalenghe is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about southwest of Turin, bordering the municipalities of None (TO), None, Pinerolo, Airasca, Piscina (TO), Piscina, Castagnole P ...

Scarmagno Scarmagno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Since the 1960s, it was home to a large plant of the Olivetti company, which, for some periods, produced ...

* Sciolze *

Sestriere Sestriere (, , , ) is a ski resort in Piedmont, Italy, a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is situated in Val Susa, from the France, French border. Its name derives from Latin language, Latin: ''ad petram sistrariam ...

* Settimo Rottaro *

Settimo Torinese Settimo Torinese () is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont, Italy. The name ''settimo'' means "seventh", and it comes from the comune's distance from Turin, which is seven Roman miles. It is bordered by the other comuni of ...

Settimo Vittone Settimo Vittone () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is located about north of Turin, in the Canavese traditional region. Main sights The main sights are the castle, pieve (pleban chu ...

* Sparone * Strambinello *

Strambino Strambino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. As of 1 December 2021, it had a population of 6,132 and an area of .All demographics and other stat ...

Susa Susa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh River, Karkheh and Dez River, Dez Rivers in Iran. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital o ...

Tavagnasco Tavagnasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Tavagnasco borders the following municipalities: Settimo Vittone, Quincinetto, Traversella, Brosso, an ...

* Torrazza Piemonte *

Torre Canavese Torre Canavese ( Piedmontese: ''La Tor Bèr'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cu ...

Torre Pellice Torre Pellice ( Vivaro-Alpine: ''La Torre de Pèlis'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important bu ...

Trana Trana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. ...

Traversella Traversella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located Metropolitan City about north of Turin. Traversella borders the following municipalities: Pontboset, Donnas, Valprato Soana, ...

* Traves *

Trofarello Trofarello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin. Trofarello borders the following municipalities: Pecetto Torinese, Moncalieri, Cambiano Cambiano () is ...

Usseaux Usseaux (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin. Usseaux borders the following municipalities: Exilles, Chiomonte, Gravere, Meana di Susa, Prage ...

* Usseglio * Vaie *

Valchiusa Valchiusa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It i ...

* Val della Torre * Val di Chy * Valgioie * Vallo Torinese *

Valperga Valperga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin, in the Canavese historical region. It is home to the Sacro Monte of Belmonte, a site of pilgrimage and wors ...

* Valprato Soana * Varisella * Vauda Canavese *

Venaria Reale Venaria Reale () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. Venaria Reale borders the municipalities of Robassomero, Caselle Torinese, Druento, Borgaro T ...

* Venaus * Verolengo * Verrua Savoia * Vestignè *

Vialfrè Vialfrè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Vialfrè borders the following municipalities: San Martino Canavese, Scarmagno, Agliè Agliè (Piedmontes ...

* Vidracco * Vigone *

Villafranca Piemonte Villafranca Piemonte is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km southwest of Turin. Villafranca Piemonte borders the following municipalities: Vigone, Pancalieri, Ca ...

* Villanova Canavese * Villar Dora * Villar Focchiardo * Villar Pellice * Villar Perosa * Villarbasse * Villareggia *

Villastellone Villastellone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km south of Turin. Villastellone borders the following municipalities: Moncalieri, Cambiano, Santena, Poirino, ...

Vinovo Vinovo () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Vinovo is home to the training ground of Serie A football team Juventus. The Della Rovere Castle hosts t ...

* Virle Piemonte * Vische * Vistrorio *

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 ...

Volpiano Volpiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Italian region Piedmont. The city is located about 15 km north-east of Turin. Economy It is an industrial (fuel, transportation, electronic, for example ) an ...

Volvera Volvera is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It ...

Transport

The Metropolitan City has a large number of rail and road work sites. Although this activity increased when the city was chosen to host the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

, parts of it had long been planned. Some of the work sites deal with general roadworks to improve traffic flow, such as underpasses and flyovers. Two projects are of major importance and will radically change the shape of the city of Turin. One is the ''Spina Centrale'' ("Central Spine") project, which includes the doubling of a major railway crossing the city, the Turin–Milan railway locally known as ''Passante Ferroviario di Torino'' ("Turin Railway Bypass"). The railroad previously ran in a trench. This is to covered by a major boulevard running from North to South of Turin, in a central position along the city.

Porta Susa Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova railway station, Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in ''Corso England, Inghilterra''. History The ...

, on this section, will become Turin's main station to substitute the terminus of Porta Nuova with a through station. Other important stations are

Stura Stura () was a department of the French First Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the river Stura di Demonte. It was formed in 1801, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of th ...

, Rebaudengo,

Lingotto Lingotto is a building complex on Via Nizza in Turin, Italy. It once housed a car factory built by Italian automotive company Fiat and today houses the administrative headquarters of the manufacturer and a multipurpose centre projected by arc ...

and Madonna di Campagna railway stations, though not all of them belong to the layout of the Spina Centrale. The other major project is the construction of a subway line based on the VAL system, known as Metrotorino. This project is expected to continue for years and to cover a larger part of the city. Its first phase was finished in time for the 2006 Olympic Games, inaugurated on 4 February 2006 and opened to the public the day after. The first leg of the subway system linked the nearby town of

with Porta Susa in Turin's city centre. On 4 October 2007 the line was extended to Porta Nuova. In March 2011 it reached Lingotto. A new extension of the so-called ''Linea 1'' ("Line 1") is expected in the near future, reaching both Rivoli (up to Cascine Vica hamlet) in the Western belt of Turin and Piazza Bengasi in the Southeast side of the city. In addition, a ''Linea 2'' is in the pipeline, and it is supposed to cross Turin from North to South. The area has an international airport known as Caselle International Airport

Sandro Pertini Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1978 to 1985. Early life Born in Stella (province of Savona) as t ...

(TRN), located in Caselle Torinese, about from the centre of Turin. It is connected to the city by a railway service (from Dora Station) and a bus service (from Porta Nuova and Porta Susa railway stations). As of 2010 also a

bicycle-sharing system A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost. The programmes themselves include both ...

, the

ToBike Oike was the bicycle-sharing system of the city of Turin. Planned between 2008 and 2009, it was operational from 2010 to 2023. Service The service was operational 24 hours a day every day of the year. It was based on the Bicincittà system: ...

, is operational. The metropolitan area is served by Turin Metropolitan Railway Service. Turin skyline

References

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