Villafranca Piemonte is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin
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in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about 35 km southwest of
Turin
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Villafranca Piemonte borders the following municipalities:
Vigone
Vigone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin.
Vigone borders the following municipalities: Buriasco, Virle Piemonte, Cercenasco, Macello, Pancalieri, Ca ...
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Pancalieri
Pancalieri is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, about 30 km southwest of Turin.
Pancalieri borders the following municipalities: Osasio, Virle Piemonte, Vigone, Lombriasco, Ca ...
,
Cavour,
Faule,
Moretta
Moretta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about north of Cuneo. As of 1-1-2017, it had a population of 4 141 and an area of .All demographics and other st ...
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Barge
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, and
Cardè
Cardè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,077 and an area of .All demographics and ot ...
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Economy
Villafranca's economy was traditionally based on fishing; today the main activities are agriculture and animal husbandry.
Twin towns
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Belhomert-Guéhouville, France
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El Trébol
El Trébol is a small city in the San Martín Department, west-center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 179 km from the provincial capital. It has about 11,086 inhabitants as per the . Its foundation date is locally acknowledged as 15 ...
, Argentina
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Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain, France
References
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