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SONDRIO


Logo of SondrioThe Province of Sondrio confines to North and to West with Switzerland (Canton Grigioni), to West with the province of Como and the province of Lecco, to South with the province of Bergamo and to East with the province of Brescia and with the Trentino-Alto Adige (province of Trento and of Bolzano). It comprises the Valtellina (except the Valley of Poschiavo), thea Val Chiavenna (except the Val Bregaglia) and, further the alps, the Val of Lei (basin of Reno) and the area of Livigno (basin of the Inn-Danubio).

Geography

The province of Sondrio the most northern of the Lombardy, constitutes the alpine part of the region, with suggestive scenery and environment of high mountain. It is crossed by the Valtellina, and is characterized by the valleys that arrives to it. Suspended between Lombardy and central Europe, the province of Sondrio and the Valtellina occupy a complete mountainous territory for the whole extension (3212 Kmq), situated between the 188 m of the trivio of Fuentes,at the top of the Lake of Como, and the 4000 m of the Bernina, offering a variety of sceneries and the practice of the mountain. The valley has a direction esat-west, characteristic to the one north-south of the whole alpine valleys.

How to arrive:

By car - Sondrio isn’t touched by the motorway net. The link with the other cities iìof Lombardy is guaranteed by the S.S. 38 of the Stelvio, which unities the city to the lake of Como and to west continues towards Bormio to east.
By train - The rail line which touches Sondrio continues the valley, where the Adda flows, and then the State Road of the Stelvio. Coasting the lake of Como it reaches Lecco and, from here, the main cities. Railway of State: Square Bertacchi 75 Railway Retica Tirano: Square Station - Tel. 0342 701353
By airplane - The nearest airport is the Orio al Serio of Bergamo (Tel. 035 326323). Also useful the airports of Linate ( Tel. 02 28106306) and Malpensa (Tel. 02 26800613).


State: Italy
Region: Lombardy
Main Tower: Sondrio
Surface: 3.212 km²
Citizens: 176.856  
Density: 55 ctzs./km²
Commons: 78 commons
Numberplate: SO
CAP:
Dialling code: 0342, 0343
Code ISTAT: 014
President: Fiorello Provera


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