Piode
Piode | |
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| Comune di Piode | |
Panorama from alpe Meggiana | |
Location of Piode | |
| Coordinates: 45°46′N 8°3′E / 45.767°N 8.050°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Vercelli (VC) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Donato Ferraris |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi) |
| Population (Dec. 2004) | |
• Total | 205 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 13020 |
| Dialing code | 0163 |
Piode (Piedmontese: Piòvi) is a comune (municipality) and village of Valsesia in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Turin and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Vercelli.
The name "Piode" refers to the many local quarries for the extraction of the stone slabs known as piodi, which are traditionally used to clad the roofs of Alpine houses and baite.
Piode borders the following municipalities: Campertogno, Pettinengo, Pila, Rassa, and Scopello.