Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
🇮🇹 Vercelli, is a city and comune in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC. The city is situated on the Sesia River in the plain of the Po River between Milan and Turin. It is an important centre for the cultivation of rice and is surrounded by rice paddies, which are flooded in the summer.
The world's first university funded by public money was established in Vercelli in 1228 (the seventh university founded in Italy), but was closed in 1372. Today it has a university of literature and philosophy as a part of the Università del Piemonte Orientale and a satellite campus of the Politecnico di Torino.
Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
Vercelli has a population of over 46,550 people. Vercelli also forms the centre of the wider Vercelli Province which has a population of over 176,000 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Vercelli has links with:
🇫🇷 Arles, France 🇮🇹 Cagliari, Italy 🇪🇸 Tortosa, Spain🇺🇸 Oregon City 45.359
🇨🇦 Saint-Constant 45.371
🇨🇦 Châteauguay 45.38
🇺🇸 Center City 45.383
🇩🇪 Rüsselsheim am Main 8.433
🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen am Rhein 8.447
🇨🇭 Affoltern am Albis 8.45
🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 8.453
🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen 8.476
Locations Near: Vercelli 8.42153,45.3338
🇮🇹 Novara 8.615,45.447 d: 19.7
🇮🇹 Biella 8.067,45.567 d: 37.9
🇮🇹 Vigevano 8.852,45.316 d: 33.7
🇮🇹 Alessandria 8.61,44.909 d: 49.5
🇮🇹 Gallarate 8.788,45.67 d: 47
🇮🇹 Busto Arsizio 8.85,45.6 d: 44.6
🇮🇹 Legnano 8.919,45.597 d: 48.6
Antipodal to: Vercelli -171.578,-45.334
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17304
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16561
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16512.3
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16311.6
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12590.9
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12512.1
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12499.6
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12494.4