Bellagio
Bellagio | |
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| Comune di Bellagio | |
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  Bellagio Location of Bellagio in Italy  Bellagio Bellagio (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 45°59′N 09°15′E / 45.983°N 9.250°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Como (CO) |
| Frazioni | Aureggio, Begola, Borgo, Breno, Brogno, Cagnanica, Casate, Cascine Gallasco, Cassinott, Cernobbio, Chevrio, Civenna, Costaprada, Crotto, Guello, Guggiate, Loppia, Makallé, Neer, Oliverio, Paum, Pescallo, Piano Rancio, Prà Filippo, Regatola, Rovenza, San Giovanni, San Primo, San Vito, Scegola, Suira, Taronico, Vergonese, Visgnola |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Angelo Barindelli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 229 m (751 ft) |
| Population (31 June 2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,736 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Bellagini (it.); Belagìn (west.lmo.) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22021 |
| Dialing code | 031 |
| Patron saint | Saint James |
| Saint day | 25 July |
| Website | Official website |
| Center Lake Como (Italian: Centro-Lago di Como) | |
Bellagio is a small town on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. The southern part of Lake Como is split into two branches by a peninsula. The peninsula is shaped like a triangle. Bellagio is on the northern tip of the peninsula. In 2017 about 3,700 people lived in Bellagio. The Ancient Romans called the town Bilacus.[2][3]
Bellagio in part of the Lake Centre Italian: Centro-Lago di Como), which includes the most important and luxurious area of Lake Como, known for its peculiar position at the intersection of the three branches of the water basin, "Y-shaped" with Bellagio in the centre embracing the "Borgo" ancient villages ranging from Льерна to Sala Comacina in the south to Menaggio and Varenna in the north. Prominent towns in this area include Bellagio, Lierna, Fiumelatte, Varenna, Menaggio, Olcio, Limonta, Vergonese, San Giovanni (Bellagio), Cadenabbia, Perledo, Sala Comacina, Lenno, Azzano, Griante, Perledo, Visgnola, Ossuccio, San Giovanni (Bellagio), Tremezzina, Tremezzo.
Bellagio is in the Centre-Lake Como (Centro-Lago di Como) is the area between Bellagio, Lierna, Varenna, Menaggio, Tramezzina and the Comacina Island and is the most beautiful and prestigious area of the whole Lake Como where the high European nobility has had its own possessions for centuries. In the Centre-Lake Como (Centro-Lago) prices per square meter can exceed 350,000 euros, like the Costa Smeralda, which is why George Clooney himself defined Lierna as like Monte Carlo.
Twin towns
Altea, Spain (1991)
Bad Kötzting, Germany (1991)
Bundoran, Ireland (1991)
Granville, France (1991)
Holstebro, Denmark (1991)
Houffalize, Belgium (1991)
Meerssen, Netherlands (1991)
Niederanven, Luxembourg (1991)
Preveza, Greece (1991)
Sesimbra, Portugal (1991)
Sherborne, England, United Kingdom (1991)
Karkkila, Finland (1997)
Oxelösund, Sweden (1998)
Judenburg, Austria (1999)
Chojna, Poland (2004)
Kőszeg, Hungary (2004)
Sigulda, Latvia (2004)
Sušice, Czech Republic (2004)
Türi, Estonia (2004)
Zvolen, Slovakia (2007)
Prienai, Lithuania (2008)
Marsaskala, Malta (2009)
Siret, Romania (2010)
References
- ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ ISTAT (Italian Institute of Statistics). Bellagio[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 27 November 2017 (in Italian).
- ↑ Macri, Rosmarie (2015). Fascinating Lake Como: travel guide for discoverers. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 130–135. ISBN 978-1-78462-962-5.
- ↑ AICCRE (Associazione italiana del Consiglio dei Comuni e delle Regioni d'Europa). Gemellaggi della Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 27 November 2017 (in Italian).
Other websites
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