San Nazzaro Sesia 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
Province of Novara
Novara (It. ''Provincia di Novara'') is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.
In 1992, the new Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola was created through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previou ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, 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 west of
Novara
Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...
.
San Nazzaro Sesia borders the following municipalities:
Albano Vercellese
Albano Vercellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli.
Despite the Roman toponym, Albano is documented only from the 10th century ...
,
Biandrate
Biandrate (Piedmontese: ''Biandrà'', Lombard: ''Biandraa'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Novara.
History
Archaeological findings h ...
,
Casalbeltrame
Casalbeltrame (Casabaltram in Piedmontese and Lombard) is an Italian town of 962 inhabitants in the province of Novara in Piedmont.
A part of the municipal territory is included in the Natural Park of the Lame del Sesia.
The rice paddies of Casal ...
,
Casalvolone
Casalvolone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Novara.
Casalvolone borders the following municipalities: Borgo Vercelli, Casalbeltrame ...
,
Greggio
Greggio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli.
Greggio borders the following municipalities: Albano Vercellese, Arborio, Recetto, ...
,
Oldenico,
Recetto
Recetto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 865 and an area of .All demographics and ot ...
, and
Villata
Villata is a ''comune'' () in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli.
Villata borders the following municipalities: Borgo Vercelli, Caresanablot, Casalvolone, Oldeni ...
. It is home to the
Abbey of San Nazzaro e Celso, one of the most important
Romanesque complexes in Piedmont.
References
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