Tornolo
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Tornolo 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 Parma
Province of Parma
The Province of Parma is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Parma.It has an area of 3,449 km², and a total population of 413,198...

 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 140 km west 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 70 km southwest of Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,240 and an area of 69.4 km².

The municipality of Tornolo 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) Barca, Boresasco, Campeggi, Casale, Case Belloni, Case Fazzi, Case Lasine, Casello, Casoni, Cerosa, Codorso, Giungareggio, I Massi, Isorelli, Marzuola, Menta, Morgallo, Pianazzo, Pianlavagnolo, Pontestrambo, Ravezza, Santa Maria del Taro, Sbarbori, Squeri, Tarsogno, Torre, and Vannini .

Tornolo borders the following municipalities: Albareto
Albareto
Albareto is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km west of Bologna and about 60 km southwest of Parma....

, Bedonia
Bedonia
Bedonia is a comune within the Province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna .- History :The communal territory was already settled during the Neolithic age, and later was a Roman colony, under the name of Bitunia....

, Borzonasca
Borzonasca
Borzonasca is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,054 and an area of ....

, Compiano
Compiano
Compiano is a medieval walled town in the Taro Valley , a 50 minute-drive to the Ligurian Sea and to Parma.The top of Compiano's hill is home to the medieval Castello di Compiano.-History:...

, Mezzanego
Mezzanego
Mezzanego is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 km east of Genoa.-Location:The town is situated on the river Sturla in a valley of the same name...

, Santo Stefano d'Aveto
Santo Stefano d'Aveto
thumb|250px|Roman bridge over the Granizza stream.Santo Stefano d'Aveto is a comune in the province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria.left|thumb|220px|View of the castle of Santo Stefano d'Aveto....

, Varese Ligure
Varese Ligure
Varese Ligure is a comune in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km east of Genoa and about 35 km northwest of La Spezia....

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