Mongrando | |
Official Name: | Comune di Mongrando |
Coordinates: | 45.5167°N 8°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Biella (BI) |
Frazioni: | Aral Grande, Borgo-San Lorenzo, Ceresane, Ceresane-Curanuova, Curanuova, Granero, Graziano-Ruta, La Tana, Le Vignazze, Maghetto, Minazia, San Michele, Toso |
Mayor: | Antonio Filoni |
Area Total Km2: | 16.7 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3805 |
Population As Of: | 31 October 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Mongrandesi |
Elevation M: | 355 |
Saint: | Madonna del Carmine |
Postal Code: | 13888 |
Area Code: | 015 |
Mongrando is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60km (40miles) northeast of Turin and about 8km (05miles) southwest of Biella.
Mongrando borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Camburzano, Donato, Graglia, Netro, Occhieppo Inferiore, Ponderano, Sala Biellese, Zubiena. The communal territory is crossed by the Elvo torrent.
Italian-Brazilian filmmaker Vittorio Capellaro was born in Mongrando in 1877.