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.
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]