Quittengo was 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

Province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a Provinces of Italy, province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an ...

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 northeast 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 ...

and about northwest 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 an ...

. From 1 January 2016 Quittengo, along with

San Paolo Cervo San Paolo Cervo is a former ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. From 1 January 2016 San Paolo Cervo, along with Quittengo Quittengo ...

, was absorbed by the neighbouring municipality of

Campiglia Cervo Campiglia Cervo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 176 and an area of .All demog ...

. As an autonomous commune Quittengo bordered the following municipalities:

, Mosso,

Sagliano Micca Sagliano Micca is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Biella. Sagliano Micca borders the following municipalities: Andorno Micca, Biella, Font ...

Veglio Veglio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 643 and an area of .All demographics an ...

Twin towns — sister cities

Quittengo is twinned with: *

Castelmagno Castelmagno (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Chastèlmanh'') is a small ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo. The population of the municipality of Caste ...

, Italy, since 1975

References

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