Piode
Sign in to savethumb|left|Parish Church and town Hall Piode (Piedmontese: Piòvi) is a comune (municipality) and village of Valsesia in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli.
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Piode is a small village and municipality located in the Valsesia valley in Italy's Piedmont region, near the city of Vercelli. It matters primarily as a local administrative and cultural center for its community, with notable landmarks like its parish church and town hall.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Piode
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Piode
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Piode da alpe meggiana.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Panorama from alpe Meggiana
- Italian comune.image_shield
- piode-Stemma.gif
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.province
- Vercelli (VC)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Donato Ferraris
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 13.6
- Italian comune.population_total
- 205
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- Dec. 2004
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 13020
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thumb|left|Parish Church and town Hall Piode (Piedmontese: Piòvi) is a comune (municipality) and village of Valsesia in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli.
The name "Piode" refers to the many local quarries for the extraction of the stone slabs known as piodi, which are traditionally used to clad the roofs of Alpine houses and baite.