Caorso
Encyclopedia
Caorso is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Piacenza
in the Italian
region Emilia-Romagna
, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna
and about 13 km east of Piacenza
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,594 and an area of 40.9 km².
The municipality of Caorso contains the frazioni
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Muradolo, Zerbio, Roncarolo, and Fossadello.
Caorso borders the following municipalities: Caselle Landi
, Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda
, Cortemaggiore
, Monticelli d'Ongina
, Piacenza
, Pontenure
, San Pietro in Cerro
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Piacenza
Province of Piacenza
The Province of Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants . Its total area is 2,589 km². There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Piacenza...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
and about 13 km east of Piacenza
Piacenza
Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,594 and an area of 40.9 km².
The municipality of Caorso contains the frazioni
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Muradolo, Zerbio, Roncarolo, and Fossadello.
Caorso borders the following municipalities: Caselle Landi
Caselle Landi
Caselle Landi is a comune in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km southeast of Milan and about 35 km southeast of Lodi...
, Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda
Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda
Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km southeast of Milan and about 35 km southeast of Lodi....
, Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore is an Italian comune located in the Province of Piacenza.Founded in the 1479 by the Pallavicino family, over an old roman site, it was the capital of the ancient Stato Pallavicino....
, Monticelli d'Ongina
Monticelli d'Ongina
Monticelli d'Ongina is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km east of Piacenza....
, Piacenza
Piacenza
Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
, Pontenure
Pontenure
Pontenure is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km northwest of Bologna and about 9 km southeast of Piacenza...
, San Pietro in Cerro
San Pietro in Cerro
San Pietro in Cerro is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 120 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km east of Piacenza...
.