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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Bra
| official_name       = Comune di Bra
| image_skyline       = Bra-panorama.jpg
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| image_shield        = Bra-Stemma antico.svg
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| coordinates         = {{coord|44|42|N|7|51|E|region:IT_type:city(29,169)|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = {{RegioneIT|sigla=PMN}}
| province            = {{ProvinciaIT|sigla=CN}} (CN)
| frazioni            = Bandito, Borgo Nuovo, Case Del Bosco, Castelletto, Chiossa, Falchetto, Grione, Matrotti, Monta' Della Radice, Piumati, [[Pollenzo]], Quinto Bianco, Riva, Rivo, Ronchi, Sabecco Superiore, San Maurizio, Sant'Agnese, Scatoleri, Tetti Bona, Tetti Milanesi
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Giovanni Fogliato
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 59.53
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total    = 29466
| population_as_of    = 1-1-2021
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Braidese(i)
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 285
| twin1               = 
| twin1_country       = 
| saint               = Madonna dei Fiori
| day                 = 8 September
| postal_code         = 12042
| area_code           = 0172
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.bra.cn.it/}}
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Bra''' ({{IPA|it|ˈbra|lang}}, {{IPA|pms|ˈbrɑ|lang}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Cuneo]] in the northwest [[Italy|Italian]] region of [[Piedmont]]. It is situated {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of [[Turin]] and {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Cuneo]] in the area known as [[Roero]].

Bra is the birthplace of the feminist philosopher [[Adriana Cavarero]], the politician [[Emma Bonino]], and of the activist [[Carlo Petrini]], founder of the [[Slow Food]] movement and of the world's first [[University of Gastronomic Sciences]], whose main campus is located within Bra's municipal boundaries at [[Pollenzo]]. It is the residence of the famous writer Daniela Gazzano, who wrote a book with 119.063 eye blinks. Bra is also home to "Cheese", a biennial international festival organised by Slow Food which features the makers of artisanal cheeses from around the world. In 1997, the event attracted some 150,000 visitors.<ref>Phoebe Natanson, [https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/Story?id=3674006&page=1 ‘Italy's Biannual Cheese Orgy’], ABC News, 1 October 2007.</ref> The town is famous for its gastronomy.

Among the structures in town is the intricately domed church of [[Santa Chiara, Bra|Santa Chiara]] by the late-Baroque architect, [[Bernardo Antonio Vittone]] and the church of St. Andrew, the facade of which was designed by the architect [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]], although not completed until two centuries later.<ref>[http://www.museodiffusocuneese.it/en/places/details/article/bra-chiesa-di-santandrea/ http://www.museodiffusocuneese.it/, Accessed 27 November 2019]</ref>

==Economy==

Bra is notable for the production of [[Bra sausage]], a veal sausage originally made for the Jewish inhabitants of neighbouring [[Cherasco]]. It is usually eaten raw.<ref>[https://www.comune.bra.cn.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80:salsiccia-di-bra&catid=106&Itemid=123 Commune de Bra]</ref>
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==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Spreitenbach]], Switzerland
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Weil der Stadt]], Germany
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[San Sosti]], Italy
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Corral de Bustos]], Argentina

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location =  Bra (1991–2020)
|Jan high C = 7.6
|Feb high C = 10.2
|Mar high C = 15.4
|Apr high C = 18.9
|May high C = 23.2
|Jun high C = 27.7
|Jul high C = 30.4
|Aug high C = 29.7
|Sep high C = 24.8
|Oct high C = 18.5
|Nov high C = 11.8
|Dec high C = 7.9
| year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 3.3
|Feb mean C = 5.2
|Mar mean C = 9.6
|Apr mean C = 13.2
|May mean C = 17.6
|Jun mean C = 21.9
|Jul mean C = 24.3
|Aug mean C = 23.8
|Sep mean C = 19.2
|Oct mean C = 13.9
|Nov mean C = 8.0
|Dec mean C = 3.9
| year mean C = 
|Jan low C = -1.0
|Feb low C = 0.2
|Mar low C = 3.8
|Apr low C = 7.5
|May low C = 12.0
|Jun low C = 16.0
|Jul low C = 18.1
|Aug low C = 17.8
|Sep low C = 13.6
|Oct low C = 9.3
|Nov low C = 4.1
|Dec low C = 0.0
| year low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 23.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 26.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 37.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 71.5
|May precipitation mm = 82.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 52.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 40.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 46.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 62.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 61.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 86.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 34.1
 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 3.7
| Feb precipitation days = 3.4
| Mar precipitation days = 4.2
| Apr precipitation days = 7.4
| May precipitation days = 7.9
| Jun precipitation days = 6.1
| Jul precipitation days = 4.5
| Aug precipitation days = 5.1
| Sep precipitation days = 5.5
| Oct precipitation days = 5.4
| Nov precipitation days = 7.0
| Dec precipitation days = 4.1
| year precipitation days =
|source 1 = Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale<ref name = ISPRA>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230917192649/https://valori-climatici-normali.isprambiente.it/
| archive-date = 17 September 2023
| url = https://valori-climatici-normali.isprambiente.it/
| title = Valori climatici normali in Italia
| publisher=Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
| access-date = 29 June 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
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{{Province of Cuneo}}

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[[Category:Cittaslow]]
[[Category:Roero]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont]]

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