Varallo (Piedmontese: Varal), commonly known as Varallo Sesia, is a comune and town of c. 7,400 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is situated in Valsesia, at 450 m above sea-level and some 66 km north-north-west of Vercelli.
Once called Varade, it is divided in two boroughs (Varallo Vecchia and Varallo Nuova) by the Mastallone stream.
In 1971 Varallo was awarded the Golden Medal for Military Value for the deeds of its population against the German occupation in the late stages of World War II.
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