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Pombia
Sign in to savePombia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. The commune is known for its Safari Park, established in 1976.
Pombia is a small municipality in northern Italy's Piedmont region, located near the city of Novara. It is primarily known for its Safari Park, a wildlife attraction that has operated since 1976.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Pombia
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Pombia
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Pombia veduta.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of the Comune
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Pombia-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.province
- Novara (NO)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Nicola Arlunno
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 12.0
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1834
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- Dec. 2004
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 28050
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0321
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Pombia
- Demonym
- pombiesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Novara
- Population
- 2147
- Area
- 12.3
- Elevation
- 286
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vizzola Ticino
- Official website
- www.comune.pombia.no.it
- Image
- Pombia castello.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0321
- Licence plate code
- NO
- Patron saint
- Vincent Pallotti
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- 28050
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Pombia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. The commune is known for its Safari Park, established in 1976.
==History== It has Roman origins when it was called Flavia Plumbia. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Lombardic conquest of northern Italy, it was the seat of a county, later, after Charlemagne's conquest, ruled by Frank feudataries.
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