Salussola is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Biella
The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.
It has an area of , and a total population of 17 ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional It ...
region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northeast of
Turin
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and about southeast 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 ...
.
Salussola borders the following municipalities:
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 ...
,
Cavaglià,
Cerrione
Cerrione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella.
Cerrione borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Magnano, Roppolo
Roppolo is ...
,
Dorzano,
Massazza,
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 ...
,
Verrone,
Villanova Biellese.
In the last days of
World War II, in Salussola was perpetrated a
massacre
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where 20
partisans were murdered by Italian Fascist Soldiers.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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