Country Italy Frazioni Selve Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Wednesday 11:21 AM Province Province of Vercelli | Region Piedmont Demonym(s) Salaschesi Area 12.1 km² Postal code 13040 | |
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Province / Metropolitan city Province of Vercelli (VC) Weather 16°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 49% Humidity | ||
Salasco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Turin and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 240 and an area of 12.1 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi).
Map of 13040 Salasco Province of Vercelli, Italy
The municipality of Salasco contains the frazione Selve, a typical cascina a corte of the Vercellese rice paddy fields landscape.
Salasco borders the following municipalities: Crova, Lignana, Sali Vercellese, San Germano Vercellese, and Vercelli.
Selve, together with the nearby Tenuta Veneria (comune of Lignana), was a filming location for Bitter Rice, a 1949 neorealistic movie starring Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman.
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