Biella

Summary

Biella is a comune of Italy^[1]. Biella ranks in the top 2% of comune_of_italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (979 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Biella received the Gold Medal of Military Valour^[3].
• Biella received the Alpine Town of the Year^[4].
• Biella was a member of Creative Cities Network^[5].
• Biella is located in Province of Biella^[6].
• Biella is in the country of Italy^[7].
• Biella's instance of is recorded as comune of Italy^[8].
• Biella's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Andorno Micca^[10].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Candelo^[11].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Fontainemore^[12].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Occhieppo Inferiore^[13].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Occhieppo Superiore^[14].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Pettinengo^[15].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Ponderano^[16].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Pralungo^[17].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Ronco Biellese^[18].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Sagliano Micca^[19].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Campiglia Cervo^[20].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Sordevolo^[21].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Tollegno^[22].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Zumaglia^[23].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Gaglianico^[24].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Pollone^[25].
• Biella's shares border with is recorded as Vigliano Biellese^[26].
• Biella's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arequipa^[27].

Body

Identity

Biella's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Biella'}^[28].

Recognition

Awards received include Gold Medal of Military Valour^[3], a class of award^[29], in Italy^[30], founded in 1793^[31] and Alpine Town of the Year^[4], an award^[32], in Germany^[33], founded in 1997^[34].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Biella include Alpi Biellesi^[35], an alpine supergroup^[36], in Italy^[37].

Why It Matters

Biella ranks in the top 2% of comune_of_italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (979 views/month).^[2] Biella has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38]

Entities named for Biella include Alpi Biellesi^[35], an alpine supergroup^[36], in Italy^[37].

FAQs

What awards did Biella receive?

Honors received include Gold Medal of Military Valour^[3] and Alpine Town of the Year^[4].