Cuneo

Cuneo (Italian:; Piedmontese: Coni; Occitan: Coni; French: Coni) is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Piedmont in northernItaly, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the 4th-largest of Italy's provinces by area. With a population of 55,747, it is the 5th most populous city in Piedmont.

It is located at an elevation of 550 metres (1,800 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the rivers Stura and .

Cuneo borders the municipalities of Beinette, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Busca, Caraglio, Castelletto Stura, Centallo, Cervasca, Morozzo, Peveragno, Tarantasca and Vignolo.

It is located near six mountain passes:

• Colle della Maddalena at 1,996 metres (6,549 ft)
• Colle di Tenda at 1,871 metres (6,138 ft) – at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long
• Colle del Melogno at 1,027 metres (3,369 ft)
• Colle San Bernardo at 957 metres (3,140 ft)
• Colle di Nava at 934 metres (3,064 ft)
• Colle di Cadibona at 459 metres (1,506 ft).