Cumiana is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in 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
Italian
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region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about southwest of
Turin
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.
Cumiana borders the following municipalities:
Giaveno
Giaveno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin.
History
Giaveno has very ancient origins; some local historians trace the first settlement back to Roman time ...
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Trana
Trana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the northern Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin
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Piossasco
Piossasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km southwest of Turin at the foot of the Monte San Giorgio.
Piossasco borders the following municipalities: Trana, ...
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Pinasca
Pinasca is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin in the Val Chisone.
Pinasca borders the following municipalities: Giaveno, Perosa Argentina, Cumiana, Pine ...
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Volvera
Volvera is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in North ...
,
Pinerolo
Pinerolo (; pms, Pinareul ; french: Pignerol; oc, Pineròl) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northwestern Italy, southwest of Turin on the river Chisone. The Lemina torrent has its source at the boundary be ...
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Frossasco
Frossasco is a ''commune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km south west of Turin.
History
Even if the Celts were the inhabit the area of Frossasco. After the fall of the We ...
,
Cantalupa
Cantalupa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin, at the foot of Monte Freidour.
Cantalupa borders the following municipalities: Cumiana, Frossasco
Fros ...
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Airasca
Airasca (Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Airasca'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin.
Airasca borders the following municipalities: Cumia ...
, and
Piscina
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. Mountains nearby Cumiana include the
Monte Tre Denti and
Monte Freidour
Monte Freidour is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It has an elevation of 1.451 m, with a secondary summit at , and is composed of gneiss cliffs overlooking the town of Cumiana.
Histo ...
, parts of the
Cottian Alps
The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Rai ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Cumiana is
twinned with:
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San Guillermo, Argentina
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Erlangen
Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...
, Germany
See also
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Tavernette
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Zoom di Cumiana
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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