# Poirino > Italian comune **Wikidata**: [Q10194](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10194) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poirino) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/poirino ## Summary Poirino is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It lies within the country of Italy and is identified on Wikidata as an Italian comune with coordinates 44.920845 N, 7.846928 E. ## Key Facts - Poirino is an Italian comune (municipal division of Italy). - Country: Italy (the sovereign state in Southern Europe). - Administrative province history: located in the former Province of Turin (a province that existed from 1859 to 2015). - Current administrative unit: part of the Metropolitan City of Turin (metropolitan city in Piedmont; inception +2015). - Coordinates: latitude 44.920845, longitude 7.846928. - Recorded population figures (three available values): 10,635; 10,576; 10,183. - Official municipal website: http://www.comune.poirino.to.it. - Wikidata description: "Italian comune". - Wikipedia article title: Poirino. - Wikidata sitelink count for Poirino: 56. - Contains or is associated with the human settlement Masio (Masio is a human settlement in Poirino, Italy). - Related human-settlement mentions connected to the area: Favari-Avatanei (human settlement in Italy) and Marocchi (human settlement in Italy). - Classification connection: belongs to the class "comune of Italy" (municipal divisions of Italy). ## FAQs Q: Where is Poirino located administratively? A: Poirino is a comune in Italy; historically it lay in the Province of Turin (1859–2015) and since 2015 it is part of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region. Q: What are Poirino’s geographic coordinates? A: The municipality is located at latitude 44.920845 and longitude 7.846928. Q: What population information is available for Poirino? A: Three recorded population values are available: 10,635; 10,576; and 10,183. The source provides these figures but does not attach specific years to each number. Q: How can I find official information from Poirino’s government? A: The official municipal website is http://www.comune.poirino.to.it. Q: What settlements or places are associated with Poirino? A: Masio is explicitly identified as a human settlement in Poirino. Favari-Avatanei and Marocchi are also listed as human settlements in Italy and are noted in the entity’s related data. Q: How is Poirino represented in linked-data / knowledge systems? A: Poirino’s Wikipedia article title is "Poirino", its Wikidata description is "Italian comune", and it has 56 sitelinks on Wikidata. ## Why It Matters Poirino matters as a local municipal entity in the administrative structure of Italy. As a comune, it functions as the basic unit of local government and public administration within the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its identification in major linked-data resources (Wikipedia title, Wikidata description, and 56 sitelinks) indicates a presence in multilingual and cross-referenced knowledge bases, which supports discoverability for residents, researchers, and officials. The recorded population values and precise geographic coordinates make Poirino relevant for demographic analysis, regional planning, mapping applications, and for understanding the local composition of settlements in the Piedmont metropolitan area. Its municipal website provides an official access point for services and local governance information. ## Notable For - Being an Italian comune and therefore part of Italy’s municipal administrative structure. - Administrative transition context: formerly in the Province of Turin (1859–2015) and currently within the Metropolitan City of Turin (inception 2015). - Presence of the settlement Masio within its jurisdiction (Masio is explicitly noted as a human settlement in Poirino). - Multiple recorded population values are available (10,635; 10,576; 10,183), indicating tracked demographic data. - Clear digital and linked-data footprint: an official municipal website, a Wikipedia article titled "Poirino", a Wikidata description "Italian comune", and a Wikidata sitelink count of 56. ## Body ### Overview Poirino is an administrative municipality (comune) in Italy. It is identified in knowledge bases as an Italian comune and carries its own municipal website at http://www.comune.poirino.to.it. The entity’s Wikipedia title is "Poirino" and its Wikidata item is described as "Italian comune" with 56 sitelinks. ### Location and Administrative Status - Country: Poirino is located in Italy, the sovereign state in Southern Europe. - Former province: Poirino was located in the Province of Turin, a province that existed from 1859 until 2015. - Current metropolitan authority: since the administrative change that came into effect in 2015, Poirino is part of the Metropolitan City of Turin, which is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region of northern Italy (inception noted as +2015). - Classification: Poirino is a "comune of Italy," the standard municipal division in the Italian local government system. ### Geography and Coordinates - Exact coordinates: latitude 44.920845, longitude 7.846928. - These coordinates place Poirino within the Piedmont area of northern Italy, administratively tied to the Metropolitan City of Turin. ### Population and Demographics - Available numeric population values: 10,635; 10,576; 10,183. - The source provides these three population figures without attaching explicit dates to each value; they represent recorded counts or estimates associated with the municipal entity. ### Subdivisions, Settlements and Related Places - Masio: explicitly recorded as a human settlement in Poirino, Italy. Masio is directly associated with Poirino as one of its settlements. - Favari-Avatanei: listed as a human settlement in Italy and included in the related-entity set connected to Poirino’s data. - Marocchi: listed in the data as a human settlement in Italy and included among related places tied to the broader locality. ### Administrative History and Related Entities - Province of Turin: Poirino’s administrative history includes being part of the Province of Turin, which existed from 1859 to 2015. This places Poirino within the historical provincial framework of Turin for over a century prior to metropolitan reorganization. - Metropolitan City of Turin: with the inception of metropolitan cities in Italy, Poirino’s contemporary higher-level administrative unit is the Metropolitan City of Turin (inception +2015), aligning it with the metropolitan governance structures of Piedmont. ### Web Presence, Linked Data and Identifiers - Official website: http://www.comune.poirino.to.it is the municipal web portal provided in the source material. - Wikipedia: article title "Poirino" is the primary encyclopedic entry name. - Wikidata description: "Italian comune" is the short descriptor used on Wikidata for the entity. - Sitelink count: Poirino has 56 sitelinks on Wikidata, indicating links to many language editions or projects. - These identifiers support integration with mapping systems, civic-data platforms, and multilingual information services. ### Relationship to Italy (Country Context) - National context: Poirino is a municipal entity within Italy, a country in Southern Europe. The provided material links Poirino to Italy and to Italy’s administrative and geopolitical facts. - Italy reference facts included in the source: Italy is officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana); key national-level details provided by the source include Italy’s inception dates (Republic 18 June 1946; Kingdom proclamation 17 March 1861), capital Rome, area 302,068 km², population 58,850,717 (2023), currency euro (adopted 1 January 2002), and various international memberships (UN, NATO, EU, G7, G20, OECD, Schengen). These national facts contextualize Poirino as a municipal entity operating under Italy’s national and regional systems. ### Classification and Legal Framework - Municipal classification: Poirino is governed as a comune, the basic local government unit in Italy. As such it operates within the national legal framework (the Constitution of Italy is noted in the source as Italy’s main regulatory text) and within the Metropolitan City of Turin for metropolitan-level administration. ### Research and Reference Use - Poirino’s recorded coordinates, population figures, official website, and linked-data identifiers (Wikipedia title, Wikidata description, sitelink count) make it suitable for use in geographic information systems (GIS), demographic studies, governance research, and multilingual knowledge-base linking. - The inclusion of related settlements (Masio) supports local-level mapping and community profiling within the comune. ### Related Entities (recap) - Province of Turin — former provincial authority for Poirino (1859–2015). - Metropolitan City of Turin — current metropolitan authority since 2015. - Italy — country in which Poirino is located; national context and memberships listed in source materials. - Masio — human settlement within Poirino. - Favari-Avatanei and Marocchi — human settlements in Italy mentioned among related localities. ### Metadata - Wikipedia title: Poirino. - Wikidata description: Italian comune. - Wikidata sitelink_count: 56. - Official website: http://www.comune.poirino.to.it. - Coordinates: 44.920845 N, 7.846928 E. - Population figures present in source: 10,635; 10,576; 10,183. 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