Pont Canavese 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 ...

'' (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

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region

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

, located about north 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 ...

. It occupies a small fluvial plain between the rivers

Orco The Orco ( pms, Eva d'òr, that is lit. ''Water of gold''; la, Orgus) is an Italian river. It originates in the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso and after about reaches the Po river near Chivasso, in the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its drain ...

and Soana: its names (''Pont'', derived from the Latin ''ad duos pontes'', being the Franco-Provençal word for "bridge") derives from the series of bridges that were historically built here to cross those rivers. Pont Canavese borders the following municipalities:

Ronco Canavese Ronco Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Ronco is at the center of Valle Soana, on the left bank of the river, overlooking the valley surrounded ...

Ingria Ingria is a historical region in what is now northwestern European Russia. It lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus in the north and by the River Narva on the border with Est ...

Frassinetto Frassinetto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Frassinetto borders the following municipalities: Traversella, Ingria, Pont Canavese, Borgiallo, Castelnu ...

Sparone Sparone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in No ...

Chiesanuova Chiesanuova ( rgn, Cisanòva) is a minor municipality of San Marino. It has a population of 1,143 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 5.46 km2. Etymology From Italian language, Italian ''chiesa'' ("church") + ''nuova'', feminine singular o ...

Cuorgnè Cuorgnè (; pms, Corgnè or ' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Cuorgnè is located at the mouth of the Orco Valley, and borders the following munic ...

and

Alpette Alpette (Piedmontese: ''J'Alpëtte'', Franco-Provençal: ''La Alpete'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Alpette borders the following municipalities: ...

. Sights include the archaeological site of Santa Maria in Doblazio, the church of San Costanzo (1328) and a series of towers of medieval origins, once belonging to the local most powerful families.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont Canavese {{Turin-geo-stub