# Balme

> Italian comune

**Wikidata**: [Q9028](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9028)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balme)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/balme

## Summary
Balme is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the northern region of Piedmont; administratively it sits within the Metropolitan City of Turin and historically within the former Province of Turin. The comune has geographic coordinates 45.302505 N, 7.215432 E, maintains an official website at http://www.comune.balme.to.it/, and is recorded with very small population figures in available sources.

## Key Facts
- Balme is an Italian comune (municipality) and is described on Wikidata with the description "Italian comune".
- Balme is located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Northern Italy (Metropolitan City of Turin inception: 2015).
- Balme was historically associated with the Province of Turin, a former province in Italy that existed from 1859 to 2015.
- Balme is in the country of Italy, a sovereign state in Southern Europe (Italy has multiple documented inception dates including the Republic on 1946-06-18 and the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 1861-03-17).
- Coordinates for Balme are latitude 45.302505 and longitude 7.215432.
- Balme’s official municipal website is http://www.comune.balme.to.it/.
- Recorded population values available in the structured data include 108.0, 111.0, 112.0, and 105.0 (as separate recorded figures from sources).
- Balme’s Wikipedia page title is "Balme".
- Balme’s Wikidata sitelink_count is 59.
- Balme is related to the mountain Bessanèse (Bessanèse is a mountain with sitelink_count 12 and associated country items  and Q38 in the source data).
- Balme is an instance of the broader class "comune of Italy" (municipal divisions of Italy).
- The Province of Turin entry in the source data has sitelink_count 76 and is described as a former province (1859 to 2015).
- The Metropolitan City of Turin entry in the source data has sitelink_count 45 and is identified as being in the Piedmont region, Northern Italy (inception in 2015).
- The country entry for Italy in the source material includes extensive national facts (area, population, capital, currency, official language, memberships, and many additional attributes summarized in the source).

## FAQs
Q: What is Balme?
A: Balme is a comune (municipality) in Italy, administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Turin and historically part of the Province of Turin.

Q: Where is Balme located geographically?
A: Balme’s geographic coordinates are 45.302505 N, 7.215432 E, placing it within Northern Italy’s Piedmont region under the Metropolitan City of Turin.

Q: How many people live in Balme?
A: Source-recorded population figures for Balme include 108.0, 111.0, 112.0, and 105.0; these are the discrete population values present in the provided structured data.

Q: What administrative units is Balme associated with?
A: Balme is a comune of Italy and is associated with the Metropolitan City of Turin (inception 2015) and was associated with the Province of Turin (which existed 1859–2015).

Q: Does Balme have an official website or online presence?
A: Yes. The official municipal website is http://www.comune.balme.to.it/.

Q: Is Balme near notable geographic features?
A: The provided material lists a relationship between Balme and the mountain Bessanèse; Bessanèse is included as a related mountain in the source data.

Q: How is Balme represented in structured data sources?
A: Balme’s Wikipedia title is "Balme", its Wikidata description is "Italian comune", and its Wikidata sitelink_count is 59.

## Why It Matters
Balme matters as a concrete example of Italy’s smallest-level local government units (comuni), illustrating how municipal identity and administration persist even for very small populations. Its administrative placement—historically in the Province of Turin and now in the Metropolitan City of Turin following the 2015 reorganization—makes Balme relevant to studies of Italian territorial governance and the impacts of recent administrative reforms. The explicit linkage to the mountain Bessanèse highlights Balme’s connection to local alpine geography and the role such small comuni play in stewarding mountain landscapes, local culture, and place-based identity within the Piedmont region. Finally, Balme’s maintained municipal website and entries across Wikipedia and Wikidata (sitelink_count 59) show its visibility in contemporary digital and knowledge infrastructures despite its small population figures.

## Notable For
- Being an Italian comune with very small recorded population figures (values in source: 108.0, 111.0, 112.0, 105.0).
- Administrative placement within the Metropolitan City of Turin (the metropolitan entity brought into being around 2015).
- Historical association with the Province of Turin, a province documented as existing from 1859 to 2015.
- Geographic coordinates precisely recorded as 45.302505 N, 7.215432 E.
- An explicit relationship in the source data to the mountain Bessanèse, indicating proximity or relevance to alpine topography.
- Maintaining an official municipal website: http://www.comune.balme.to.it/.
- Presence in structured knowledge systems: a Wikipedia title ("Balme"), a Wikidata description ("Italian comune"), and a sitelink_count of 59.

## Body

### Overview and Classification
- Balme is classified in the provided sources as an Italian comune, the basic municipal division in Italy.
- The source identifies Balme’s Wikidata description as "Italian comune" and lists the Wikipedia page title as "Balme".
- Balme’s sitelink_count on Wikidata is recorded as 59 in the provided structured properties.

### Administrative affiliations
- Balme is administratively positioned within the Metropolitan City of Turin, which the source describes as a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy; the Metropolitan City of Turin entry lists an inception around 2015.
- The source also links Balme to the Province of Turin, described as a former province in Italy with dates 1859 to 2015, indicating Balme’s historical provincial affiliation prior to the metropolitan reorganization.
- As an Italian comune, Balme is part of Italy’s multi-tiered administrative system; the source groups it under the broader class "comune of Italy" (municipal divisions of Italy).

### Location and geography
- Exact coordinates for Balme from the structured data: latitude 45.302505, longitude 7.215432.
- The source lists the mountain Bessanèse as a related geographic feature; Bessanèse is included in the related-items list and carries its own structured-notes (Bessanèse: mountain; sitelink_count 12; country references , Q38 in the source).
- The Metropolitan City of Turin, which contains Balme, is specified in the source as being in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy.

### Population and demographics
- The available structured property values for population in the source are four discrete figures: 108.0, 111.0, 112.0, and 105.0. The source does not supply explicit years tied to each figure in the provided extract; these are the population numbers recorded in the structured properties.
- No further demographic breakdown (age, sex, density) specific to Balme is present in the provided material beyond the listed population figures.

### Online presence and identifiers
- Official municipal website: http://www.comune.balme.to.it/.
- Wikipedia title: Balme.
- Wikidata description: Italian comune.
- Wikidata sitelink_count: 59.
- These identifiers indicate Balme appears across common public reference platforms and maintains an official municipal web presence.

### Related entities and contextual connections
- Metropolitan City of Turin: the source documents this metropolitan city as the current administrative unit in which Balme is located. The Metropolitan City of Turin entry in the source lists an inception in 2015 and a sitelink_count of 45.
- Province of Turin: referenced as a former province existing from 1859 to 2015; Balme’s historical administrative affiliation is to this province. The Province of Turin entry has a sitelink_count of 76 in the provided data.
- Bessanèse: listed as a related mountain. The Bessanèse entry in the source is noted as a mountain with sitelink_count 12 and country associations  and Q38 in the structured notes.
- Comune of Italy: Balme is an instance of the municipal division category "comune of Italy" referenced in the related items list (the source notes that comuni are municipal divisions of Italy, with a sitelink_count of 60 for that class).

### Country context: Italy (relevant source facts)
- Balme is located in Italy; the source contains an extensive country-level entry for Italy that supplies contextual national information relevant to Balme’s setting.
- Key items from the Italy entry in the provided material include:
  - Official name: Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana).
  - Classification: sovereign state, unitary parliamentary republic, Mediterranean country in Southern Europe.
  - Capital: Rome (current), with historical capital notes in the source.
  - Inception dates included in the source: the current republic established on 1946-06-18 (post-referendum) and the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 1861-03-17.
  - Area: 302,068 square kilometers (as reported in the source).
  - Population: 58,850,717 (as of 2023 in the source material).
  - Currency: Euro (€) adopted on 2002-01-01; previously the Italian Lira.
  - Official language: Italian; the source lists numerous recognized regional and minority languages such as Sardinian, Friulian, Ladin, German, French and many others.
  - Driving side: right (railway traffic side: left).
  - International memberships listed in the source: United Nations, NATO, European Union, G7, G20, OECD, Schengen Area, and others.
  - The source lists many additional national-level facts (emergency numbers, electrical standards 230V/50Hz, ISO codes, highest point Mont Blanc, and many cultural and membership details); these serve as the national context for Balme’s location and governance.

### Documentation and metadata (source-provided)
- Structured properties for Balme in the provided extract include:
  - website: http://www.comune.balme.to.it/
  - population entries: 108.0, 111.0, 112.0, 105.0
  - coordinates: lat 45.302505, lon 7.215432
  - sitelink_count: 59
  - wikipedia_title: Balme
  - wikidata_description: Italian comune
- Related items in the provided material and their notable structured values:
  - Province of Turin — former province in Italy (1859 to 2015); sitelink_count 76.
  - Metropolitan City of Turin — metropolitan city in Piedmont region (inception +2015-00-00T00:00:00Z); sitelink_count 45.
  - Italy — country in southern Europe; sitelink_count 404; many national-level facts recorded.
  - Bessanèse — mountain with sitelink_count 12; country references , Q38 in source notes.
  - "comune of Italy" — municipal divisions of Italy; sitelink_count 60.

### Limitations of the source and what is not provided
- The provided data does not supply years linked to each recorded population figure, so temporal assignment for the values 108.0, 111.0, 112.0, and 105.0 is not possible from the extract alone.
- No municipal-level historical founding date for Balme, municipal government head names, detailed demographic breakdowns, area (km²) of the comune, or economic activity specifics appear in the material supplied.
- The relationship to Bessanèse is listed in the source as related, but the extract does not quantify distance, elevation of municipal territory, or detailed topographic description for Balme itself.

### Summary of connections (compact)
- Balme — an Italian comune; coordinates 45.302505 N, 7.215432 E; website http://www.comune.balme.to.it/; population figures recorded as 108.0 / 111.0 / 112.0 / 105.0; Wikidata sitelink_count 59; Wikipedia title "Balme".
- Administrative connections: Metropolitan City of Turin (current, inception 2015) and Province of Turin (former, 1859–2015).
- Geographic/related feature: Bessanèse (mountain, sitelink_count 12).
- National context: located in Italy (extensive country-level facts provided in the source material).

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