Sanfront
Sanfront ( Occitan Sanfrount ) is a municipality with 2516 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN ), Region Piedmont. It is located at the headwaters of the Po, about 55 km south of Turin.
Sanfront is since 2006 a member of Mountain Community Comunità Montana Valli Po, Bronda e Infernotto, which was expanded in 2008 to the Comunità Montana Valli Po, Bronda, Infernotto e Varaita.
Geography
The place is located at the end of the Po Valley (Italian Bassa Valle Po), around 10 km before the mountain valley opens into the Po Valley. The originating within the Cozie Alps Po flows northeast past the town and begins in the now over 500 m wide valley floor to meander.
Through the valley - here on the river's northern bank in the neighboring town Rifreddo - runs the Strada Statale 662 (SS 622 or " Via Valle Po " ) that leads to the western mountains and to the east over Saluzzo to Turin.
The municipality covers an area of 39 km ². The main village is located about 490 m above sea level.
The neighboring municipalities are Barge, Brossasco, Envie, Gambasca Paesana, Rifreddo and Sampeyre.