Lignana

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Lignana

| official_name = Comune di Lignana

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| image_skyline = Lignana_castello.jpg

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|17|N|8|21|E|type:city(539)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Piedmont

| province = Vercelli (VC)

| frazioni = Tenuta Veneria

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| mayor = Emilio Chiocchetti

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| area_total_km2 = 22.5

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 539

| population_as_of = December 2004

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| population_demonym = Lignanesi

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| elevation_m = 139

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| postal_code = 13030

| area_code = 0161

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.lignana.vc.it/}}

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Lignana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about {{convert|60|km|mi}} northeast of Turin and about {{convert|6|km|mi|0}} southwest of Vercelli.

Lignana borders the following municipalities: Crova, Desana, Ronsecco, Salasco, Sali Vercellese, and Vercelli.

Tenuta Veneria, together with Selve (frazione of the comune of Salasco), was a filming location for Bitter Rice, a 1949 movie starring Silvana Mangano.

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{{Province of Vercelli}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont

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