Grinzane Cavour

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Grinzane Cavour
Comune di Grinzane Cavour
Coat of arms of Grinzane Cavour
Location of Grinzane Cavour
Map
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Postal code
12060
Dialing code0173
WebsiteOfficial website

Grinzane Cavour is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Turin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Cuneo.

Grinzane Cavour borders the municipalities of

Alba and Diano d'Alba
.

Originally simply known as Grinzane, it switched to the current name in homage to

Camillo Benso, Count Cavour
, who was mayor of the city for 17 years.

The main attraction is the

literary award
.

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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