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Cuorgnè
Comune di Cuorgnè
Panorama frae Belmonte sanctuar
Panorama frae Belmonte sanctuar
Coat of airms o Cuorgnè
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Cuorgnè is located in Italy
Cuorgnè
Cuorgnè
Location o Cuorgnè in Italy
Coordinates: 45°23′N 7°39′E / 45.383°N 7.650°E / 45.383; 7.650
KintraItaly
RegionPiemont
ProvinceProvince o Turin (TO)
FrazioniPriacco, Ronchi Maddalena, Ronchi San Bernardo, Salto, Sant'Anna di Campore
Govrenment
 • MayorGiuseppe Beppe Pezzetto
Area
 • Total19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Elevation
414 m (1,358 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2012[1])
 • Total10,141
 • Density520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cuorgnatesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
10082
Diallin code0124
Patron sauntMadonna della Rivassola
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Cuorgnè is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Turin in the Italian region Piemont, locatit aboot 35 km north o Turin.

Cuorgnè is locatit at the mooth o the Orco Valley, an borders the follaein municipalities: Castellamonte, Pont-Canavese, Borgiallo, Chiesanuova, Alpette, San Colombano Belmonte, Canischio, Valperga, and Prascorsano.

Curgné oreeginatit in the Middle Ages efter the auncient toun o Canava wis destroyed bi a flood o the Orco River (1030). Later it wis held bi Arduin o Ivrea's stryndants, an, later, bi the Hoose o Savoy. It receivit the status o ceety in 1932. Sichts include the Airchaeological Museum o Canavese (wi fyndins frae the nearbi aurie, in pairticular frae the Neolithic Age) an the Sacro Monte di Belmonte, locatit a few kilometres ootside the toun.

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  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical instituteIstat.

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