Lignana | |
Official Name: | Comune di Lignana |
Coordinates: | 45.2833°N 29°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Vercelli (VC) |
Frazioni: | Tenuta Veneria |
Mayor: | Emilio Chiocchetti |
Area Total Km2: | 22.5 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 539 |
Population As Of: | December 2004 |
Population Demonym: | Lignanesi |
Elevation M: | 139 |
Postal Code: | 13030 |
Area Code: | 0161 |
Lignana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60km (40miles) northeast of Turin and about 6km (04miles) southwest of Vercelli.
Lignana borders the following municipalities: Crova, Desana, Ronsecco, Salasco, Sali Vercellese, and Vercelli.
Tenuta Veneria, together with Selve (frazione of the comune of Salasco), was a filming location for Bitter Rice, a 1949 movie starring Silvana Mangano.