Groscavallo is a comune

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 Turin

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 50 km northwest of Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 220 and an area of 93.0 km².

The municipality of Groscavallo 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) Bonzo, Migliere, Pialpetta, Ricchiardi, Borgo, Campo Pietra, Forno Alpi Graie, and Alboni e Rivotti.

Groscavallo borders the following municipalities: Ala di Stura

Ala di Stura

Ala di Stura is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northwest of Turin...

, Balme

Balme

Balme is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northwest of Turin, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 98 and an area of 63.1 km²....

, Bonneval-sur-Arc

Bonneval-sur-Arc

Bonneval-sur-Arc is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-External links:*...

 (France), Ceres

Ceres (TO)

Ceres is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northwest of Turin.Ceres borders the following municipalities: Groscavallo, Chialamberto, Cantoira, Monastero di Lanzo, Ala di Stura, Mezzenile, and Pessinetto....

, Ceresole Reale

Ceresole Reale

Ceresole Reale is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley, on the border with France...

, Chialamberto

Chialamberto

Chialamberto is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 357 and an area of 35.1 km²....

, and Noasca

Noasca

Noasca is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 197 and an area of 77.7 km²....

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