Calolziocorte (locally ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Lecco
The Province of Lecco ( it, provincia di Lecco; Lecchese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.
As of 2017, the province had a population of 337,211 on a surface of divided into 85 ''comuni'' (mun ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy, located about northeast of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
and about southeast of
Lecco
Lecco (, , ; lmo, label= Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). ...
. Until 1992 it was part of the
province of Bergamo.
Calolziocorte borders the following municipalities:
Brivio,
Carenno,
Erve
Erve (locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 758 and an area of .All d ...
,
Monte Marenzo,
Olginate
Olginate ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about south of Lecco. As of October 2010, it had a population of 7,200 and an area of .All demo ...
,
Torre de' Busi
Torre de' Busi ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Bergamo.
Torre de' Busi borders the following municipalities: ...
,
Vercurago
Vercurago ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Lecco.
Vercurago borders the following municipalities: Calolziocorte, Erv ...
.
Calolziocorte received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 10, 2002.
It is served by
Calolziocorte-Olginate railway station
Calolziocorte railway station, formerly called ''Calolziocorte-Olginate'', is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Lecco–Milan railway, where the line to Bergamo diverges, it serves the municipalities of Calolziocorte and Olginate.
See ...
.
People
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Michela Vittoria Brambilla
Michela Vittoria Brambilla (born 26 October 1967) is an Italian politician and businesswoman. On 12 May 2008 she was nominated undersecretary (Tourism) in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet; on 8 May 2009 she was appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism ...
, politician
*
Aureliano Brandolini Aureliano Brandolini (August 8, 1927 – September 5, 2008) was an Italian agronomist and development cooperation scholar.
Born in Calolziocorte, Italy, after studying at Liceo Alessandro Manzoni high school in Lecco with Giovanni Ticozzi, he gra ...
, agronomist and development cooperation scholar
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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