Piode

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.

Piode
Comune
Comune di Piode
Panorama from alpe Meggiana
Coat of arms
Location of Piode
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Coordinates: 45°46′N 8°3′E
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Vercelli (VC)
Government
• Mayor	Donato Ferraris
Area [1]
• Total	13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population  (Dec. 2004)[2]
• Total	205
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	13020
Dialing code	0163

Parish Church and town Hall

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.

Demographic evolution