Bruzolo (pop. 1,525 as of 1-1-2017)) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' of the

Metropolitan City of Turin The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and co ...

in the

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region

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. Located some west of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) 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 ...

, in the lower

Susa Valley The Susa Valley ( it, Val di Susa; pms, Valsusa; french: Val de Suse; oc, Val d'Ors) is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the sou ...

, it is a member of the Comunità Montana Bassa Valle di Susa e Val Cenischia. Bruzolo borders the following municipalities:

Usseglio Usseglio ( pms, Ussèj, frp, Usèi, french: Ussel) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin, on the border with France. It borders with the following municip ...

Condove Condove is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val di Susa about west of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important bu ...

Chianocco Chianocco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern ...

San Didero San Didero ( pms, San Didé, frp, Sen Didé, french: Saint-Didier) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km west of Turin in the Val di Susa The Susa Valley ( it, ...

, and

San Giorio di Susa San Giorio di Susa ( pms, San Gieuri, frp, San Gœri, french: Saint-Joire) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km west of Turin. San Giorio di Susa borders the fol ...

. The town of Bruzolo is the main population centre of the commune and is its ''

capoluogo The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

''. It stands to the left of the river

Dora Riparia The Dora Riparia (; pms, Dòira Rivaira; french: Doire Ripaire or ''Doire''; la, Duria minor) is an alpine river, a left-hand tributary of the Po. It is long (of which 5 km in France), with a drainage basin. It originates in the Cottian ...

on an

alluvial fan An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging from an escarpment. They are characteristic of mountainous terrain in arid to semiarid climates, but a ...

formed over the millennia by debris deposited by the Pissaglio and other minor torrents. The municipal territory also includes farmland and factories on the flood-plain of the Dora Riparia, and extends over the forested southern slopes of

Punta Lunella The Punta Lunella is a mountain of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 2,772 m.Geoportale IGM owww.pcn.minambiente.it/ref> Toponymy In 1831 the mountain was named ''Punta Cruvin'' by the topographer Maggi after a nearby mountain pastures ...

, elevation , where there is a scattering of hamlets: Campobenedetto, Meisonardi, Comba, Bigiardi, Lunera, Coletto, Chiotetti, Seinera and Combette..Comune di Bruzolo,
Consorzio Interdonderale Borgate Montane di Bruzolo
''.

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Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Turin-geo-stub

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