Biella is a town and
comune in the northern
Italian region of
Piemonte, the capital of the
province of the same name, with 45,500 inhabitants as of the 2001 census. It is located about 50 miles northeast of
Turin and about 60 miles west-northwest of
Milan. It lies in the foothills of the
Alps, in the Bo mountain range near Mt. Mucrone and Camino and it is an important wool processing and textile center.
