Salasco

Salasco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Turin and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 240 and an area of 12.1 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi). The municipality of Salasco contains the frazione Selve, a typical farmstead of the Vercellese rice paddy fields landscape. Salasco borders the following municipalities: Crova, Lignana, Sali Vercellese, San Germano Vercellese, and Vercelli. Selve, together with the nearby Tenuta Veneria (comune of Lignana), was a filming location for Bitter Rice, a 1949 movie starring Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman. Demographic evolution References ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. ^ "Comune di Salasco" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2013.