title: Borgo Vercelli
text: # Borgo Vercelli
  
  Borgo Vercelli is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Turin and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Vercelli.
  
  Borgo Vercelli borders the following municipalities: Casalino, Casalvolone, Vercelli, Villata, and Vinzaglio.
  
  The Battle of Vercellae is traditionally deemed to have occurred here in 101 BC. The economy is based on the production of rice.
  
  ## People
  
  * Blessed Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951), a Roman Catholic professed religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret
  