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Govone is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...

(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
Province of Cuneo
Cuneo is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

 region Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...

, located about 45 km southeast of Turin
Turin
Turin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...

 and about 60 km northeast of Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city in Piedmont, northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,991 and an area of 18.8 km².

Govone borders the following municipalities: Castagnole delle Lanze
Castagnole delle Lanze
Castagnole delle Lanze is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km south of Asti...

, Costigliole d'Asti
Costigliole d'Asti
Costigliole d’Asti is a small Italian town in the Province of Asti, southern Piedmont. It lies about 13 km south of the city of Asti in the Alto Monferrato, on the edge of the Langhe. The name derives from the Latin Corte Costeliolae.The commune of Costigliole d’Asti is a municipality...

, Magliano Alfieri
Magliano Alfieri
Magliano Alfieri is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southeast of Turin and about 60 km northeast of Cuneo...

, Priocca
Priocca
Priocca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southeast of Turin and about 60 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,979 and an area of 9.1 km².Priocca borders the following municipalities: Canale,...

, San Damiano d'Asti
San Damiano d'Asti
San Damiano d'Asti is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Asti...

, and San Martino Alfieri
San Martino Alfieri
San Martino Alfieri is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southeast of Turin and about 11 km southwest of Asti...

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