{{Short description|Frazione of Biella, Piedmont, Italy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox frazione | name = Oropa | native_name = | image_skyline = Santuario_di_Oropa-chiesa_nuova-complesso1.jpg | image_caption = | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|45|37|41|N|7|58|42|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} | region = Piedmont | province = Biella (BI) | comune = Biella | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1198 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 9 | population_as_of = | pop_density_footnotes = | gentilic = | saint = | day = | postal_code = | area_code = (+39) 015 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Oropa''' is a ''frazione'' of the municipality of Biella, in Piedmont, northern Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/oropa_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)|title=OROPA in "Enciclopedia Italiana"|website=www.treccani.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Or%C3%B2pa.html|title=Oròpa su Enciclopedia | Sapere.it|website=www.sapere.it}}</ref> It is known for the Black Virgin of Oropa statue, which is located in the Sanctuary of Oropa, the basilica of the Sacro Monte di Oropa, one of the Sacri Monti. It is an important destination for local tourism and pilgrimage.
In 1874 was established a meteorogical station by Francesco Denza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osservatoriodioropa.it/meteoropa/meteoropa.htm|title=OSSERVATORIO DI OROPA|website=www.osservatoriodioropa.it}}</ref>
In 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viviparchi.eu/strutture-dettaglio.asp?catalogueProdId=180&catalogueCatId=2&catalogueClassId=12|title=Giardino Botanico Montano di Oropa - Biella|website=www.viviparchi.eu}}</ref> was opened the botanical garden.
== Monumental cemetery == {{Stack|thumb|Monumental cemetery}} In the monumental cemetery are buried Riccardo Gualino, Quintino Sella and Vittorio Sella.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.piemonteorientale.it/luoghi-e-monumenti/biella-e-dintorni/il-cimitero-monumentale-di-oropa-e-i-suoi-artisti/|title=Il cimitero monumentale di Oropa e i suoi artisti}}</ref>
== Sport == Oropa has been the finish line of a stage of the Giro d'Italia seven times.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Oropa, elevation {{convert|1222|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020) |Jan high C = 4.8 |Feb high C = 5.3 |Mar high C = 8.1 |Apr high C = 10.8 |May high C = 15.1 |Jun high C = 19.3 |Jul high C = 21.9 |Aug high C = 21.2 |Sep high C = 16.6 |Oct high C = 11.8 |Nov high C = 8.0 |Dec high C = 5.1 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 1.4 |Feb mean C = 1.6 |Mar mean C = 4.3 |Apr mean C = 7.1 |May mean C = 11.3 |Jun mean C = 15.2 |Jul mean C = 17.5 |Aug mean C = 17.2 |Sep mean C = 13.0 |Oct mean C = 8.7 |Nov mean C = 5.0 |Dec mean C = 1.9 | year mean C = |Jan low C = -2.1 |Feb low C = -2.1 |Mar low C = 0.5 |Apr low C = 3.4 |May low C = 7.5 |Jun low C = 11.1 |Jul low C = 13.2 |Aug low C = 13.1 |Sep low C = 9.4 |Oct low C = 5.6 |Nov low C = 2.0 |Dec low C = -1.3 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 55.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 53.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 91.8 |Apr precipitation mm = 219.4 |May precipitation mm = 263.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 191.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 129.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 146.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 210.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 214.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 228.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 68.7 |year precipitation mm = |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 = 18 June 2024}}</ref> }}
== See also == * Cane di Oropa * Pezzata Rossa d'Oropa
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Oropa}}
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