Balocco

Balocco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 273 and an area of 16.7 km2. It is the home of the Circuito di Balocco road-testing track.

Balocco borders the following municipalities: Buronzo, Carisio, Formigliana, San Giacomo Vercellese, and Villarboit.

Economy


The main activity is agriculture: rice farming, corn and wheat. The motorway nearby has favored the settlement of industrial companies.

Circuito di Balocco
Balocco is the seat of the major proving ground of FCA Italy. The Circuito di Balocco test track was built in the early 1960s by Alfa Romeo for testing new cars, prototypes and racing cars. In the track is also hosted club and racing organization events. The track area exceeds 5000000 m2 and it has over 65 km of different types of test tracks.