Bellagio

Italian comune

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 with Lierna, Varenna, Menaggio it is part of the Central Lake Como area. The peninsula is shaped like a “Y” shape triangle. The Bellagio promontory is considered the most iconic place throughout Lake Como. 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]

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Bellagio is located in Italy
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Bellagio is located in Lombardy
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Bellagio (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°59′N 09°15′E / 45.983°N 9.250°E / 45.983; 9.250
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceComo (CO)
FrazioniAureggio, 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
 • MayorAngelo Barindelli
Area
 • Total26 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation
229 m (751 ft)
Population
 (31 June 2017)[1]
 • Total3,736
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Bellagini (it.); Belagìn (west.lmo.)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22021
Dialing code031
Patron saintSaint James
Saint day25 July
WebsiteOfficial website
Center Lake Como (Italian: Centro-Lago di Como)

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 Lierna 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 change

Bellagio is twinned with:[4]

References change

  1. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ISTAT (Italian Institute of Statistics). Bellagio[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 27 November 2017 (in Italian).
  3. Macri, Rosmarie (2015). Fascinating Lake Como: travel guide for discoverers. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 130–135. ISBN 978-1-78462-962-5.
  4. AICCRE (Associazione italiana del Consiglio dei Comuni e delle Regioni d'Europa). Gemellaggi della Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 27 November 2017 (in Italian).

Other websites change

  Media related to Bellagio at Wikimedia Commons