Cabella Ligure is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Alessandria
The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part o ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about southeast of
Turin
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and about southeast of
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin.
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.
Cabella Ligure borders the following municipalities:
Albera Ligure
Albera Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Albera Ligure borders the following municipalities: Cabella Ligure, ...
,
Carrega Ligure
Carrega Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria, in the upper Ligurian Apennines in the Val Borbera.
Carrega Ligure ...
,
Fabbrica Curone
Fabbrica Curone (Piedmontese: ''Frògna'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the upper valley of the Curone stream, about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria ...
,
Mongiardino Ligure
Mongiardino Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre i ...
,
Ottone
''Ottone, re di Germania'' ("Otto, King of Germany", HWV 15) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, to an Italian–language libretto adapted by Nicola Francesco Haym from the libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino for Antonio Lotti's opera ...
,
Rocchetta Ligure
Rocchetta Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 208 and an area of ...
, and
Zerba
Zerba ( Piacentino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Piacenza. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 123 and an area o ...
.
Transport
Located deep in the Valley of Borbera, the town can be readily accessed by either private transport or by public bus, the latter operated b
Autolinee Val Borbera Their services operate to the nearest rail link at
Arquata Scrivia
Arquata Scrivia (local dialect: ''Auquâ'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Arquata Scrivia borders the following ...
and to the large mall complex at
Serravalle.
The road
SP140 is the main road that connects Cabella to the nearby municipalities and to Arquata. It is a popular route by cyclers who look to cross the Apennine section of Piedmonte/Liguria.
Economy
Cabella is a seasonal location for tourism. Across June-September, the inhabitants of the town may well increase three to fourfold. These tourists come from around the world to pay visit t
Shri Mataji's Castle and to visit other locations administered by th
Shri Mataji Foundation.The agriculture sector in the vicinity of Cabella has dwindled over the past decades.
References
External links
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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