Mezzomerico 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 Novara

Province of Novara

Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...

 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 90 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 20 km north of Novara

Novara

Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,005 and an area of 7.6 km².

Mezzomerico borders the following municipalities: Agrate Conturbia

Agrate Conturbia

Agrate Conturbia is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km north of Novara...

, Divignano

Divignano

Divignano is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km north of Novara...

, Marano Ticino

Marano Ticino

Marano Ticino is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km north of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,524 and an area of 7.8 km².Marano Ticino borders the following...

, Oleggio

Oleggio

Oleggio is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km north of Novara...

, Suno

Suno

Suno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Novara...

, and Vaprio d'Agogna

Vaprio d'Agogna

Vaprio d'Agogna is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 980 and an area of 10.1 km².Vaprio d'Agogna borders the following...

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Name

The name of Mezzomerico reflects the Celt

Celt

The Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.The earliest archaeological culture commonly accepted as Celtic, or rather Proto-Celtic, was the central European Hallstatt culture , named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria....

ic Mediomatrici

Mediomatrici

The Mediomatrici were an ancient Celtic people of Gaul, who belong to the division of Belgica. Julius Caesar shows their position in a general way when he says that the Rhine flows along the territories of the Sequani, Mediomatrici, Triboci or Tribocci, and Treviri. Ptolemy places the Mediomatrici...

 people; the name was attested as Mediomadrigo in 980

980

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