Magnano 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 Biella

Province of Biella

The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...

 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 60 km northeast 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...

 and about 9 km south of Biella

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 384 and an area of 10.5 km².

The municipality of Magnano 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) Bose, Broglina, Carrera, Piletta, San Sudario, and Tamagno.

Magnano borders the following municipalities: Bollengo

Bollengo

Bollengo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin.Bollengo borders the following municipalities: Torrazzo, Burolo, Ivrea, Palazzo Canavese, Magnano, Albiano d'Ivrea, and Azeglio....

, Cerrione

Cerrione

Cerrione is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km south of Biella...

, Palazzo Canavese

Palazzo Canavese

Palazzo Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 826 and an area of 5.1 km²....

, Piverone

Piverone

Piverone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,267 and an area of 11.1 km²....

, Torrazzo

Torrazzo

Torrazzo is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 204 and an area of 5.8 km².Torrazzo borders the following municipalities:...

, Zimone

Zimone

Zimone is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 413 and an area of 2.9 km²....

, Zubiena

Zubiena

Zubiena is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,286 and an area of 12.6 km².Zubiena borders the following municipalities:...

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Musica Antica a Magnano

Musica Antica a Magnano is a non-profit association founded in 1986 to promote a festival offering an opportunity to hear historically informed performances of early music on original instruments. The Festival concerts are held in August and early September in either a 12th-century church or in the town's 18th-century church. The latter also houses an organ built in 1794 by Giovanni Bruna and restored by Italo Marzi.

For further information, visit www.MusicaAnticaMagnano.com.

External links

• www.provincia.biella.it/MAGNANO/
• Site of the association Musica Antica a Magnano