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Boves is a municipality (comune) located in Italy. It is a small administrative division that, like other comuni, serves as a local government unit in the Italian municipal system.
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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Province
- Cuneo (CN)
- Frazioni
- Castellar, Cerati, Fontanelle, Madonna dei Boschi, San Mauro, Rivoira, San Giacomo, Sant'Anna, Mellana
- Mayor
- Maurizio Paoletti
- Total
- 51.1 km (19.7 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 542 m (1,778 ft)
- Density
- 193/km (500/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Bovesani
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0171
- Website
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Article
Boves is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Turin and about 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Cuneo. It borders the following municipalities: Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo, Limone Piemonte, Peveragno, Robilante, Roccavione, and Vernante.
The town of Boves was the scene, on 19 September 1943, of a massacre of civilians by the 1st SS Panzer Division, in which the German troops set fire to more than 350 houses and killed numerous villagers.