Lago di Ceresole

Lago di Ceresole
Winter panorama from the dam
Location	Province of Turin, Piedmont
Coordinates	45°25′48″N 7°13′41″E / 45.430°N 7.228°E / 45.430; 7.228Coordinates: 45°25′48″N 7°13′41″E / 45.430°N 7.228°E / 45.430; 7.228
Primary inflows	Orco
Primary outflows	Orco
Catchment area	8.89 km2[1]
Basin countries	Italy
Max. length	3.2 km[1]
Max. width	0.75 km[1]
Surface area	1.58 km2[1]
Average depth	23.2 m[1]
Max. depth	44.7 m[1]
Water volume	c. 35,000,000 m3
Surface elevation	1556 m[1]
Islands	none

Lago di Ceresole is an artificial lake in the Province of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy. The lake was created in 1925-1931 when A.E.M. (now Iren), Turin's electricity authority, built here a dam with a hydroelectric plant; the site, located in what is now the comune of Ceresole Reale, already housed a small natural lake.

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