Cavaglià is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the

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region

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, located about northeast of

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and about south of

Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and '' comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin a ...

. Cavaglià borders the following municipalities:

Alice Castello Alice Castello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Vercelli Vercelli (; pms, Vërsèj ), is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants ...

Carisio Carisio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Carisio borders the following municipalities: Balocco, Buronzo, Cavaglià C ...

Dorzano Dorzano is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and '' comune'' in the northern Italian ...

Roppolo Roppolo is a municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Roppolo is located on the southern slopes of Ivrea glacial ridge, west to the Lake of Viverone. It b ...

Salussola Salussola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Do ...

Santhià Santhià (; pms, Santià or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Santhià is home to a historic carnival named the ''Ca ...

. Sights include a castle, the Baroque church of St. Michael Archangel, the neo-Renaissance church of Santa Maria di Babilone, and an archaeological site with

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s from as early as the

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Twin towns — sister cities

Cavaglià is twinned with: *

Montbazin Montbazin (; oc, Montbasin) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is part of the Agglomeration of Sete. In Roman times it was an important stopover on the road from Narbonne to Rome. Popula ...

, France (2013)

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub