Azeglio Explained

Azeglio
Official Name:Comune di Azeglio
Coordinates:45.4167°N 8°W
Region:Piedmont
Metropolitan City:Turin (TO)
Frazioni:Cascine Sirio, Cascine Viassa, Cascine Villa, Castellazzo, Lago di Viverone, Pobbia, Pobbietta, Specura
Mayor:Pio Coda
Area Total Km2:9.96
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1278
Population As Of:30 April 2017
Population Demonym:Azegliese(i)
Elevation M:260
Postal Code:10010
Area Code:0125

Azeglio (pronounced as /it/;[2] Asèj pronounced as /aˈzɛj/) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45km (28miles) northeast of Turin.

Azeglio borders the following municipalities: Bollengo, Palazzo Canavese, Piverone, Albiano d'Ivrea, Viverone, Caravino, Settimo Rottaro, and Borgo d'Ale.

Main sights

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]

References

  1. Demographic data from Istat
  2. Web site: Azeglio. Dizionario d'Ortografia e di Pronunzia. it. 19 June 2019. 27 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127021613/http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=89760. dead.
  3. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps