Sondalo (''Sondel'' in
Valtellinese dialect) 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 Sondrio in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
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 northeast of
Sondrio.
Sondalo borders the following municipalities:
Grosio,
Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' of 1,729 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
Geography
Situated at the confluence of the two source rivers of the Oglio, Ponte di Legno is the uppermost comune of V ...
,
Valdisotto
Valdisotto (''Val de Sota'' in lombard) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Sondrio.
Valdisotto borders the following municipalities: ...
,
Valfurva
Valfurva (''Valforba'' in lombard) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Sondrio, in the Alps. As of 31 December 2004, it had a pop ...
,
Vezza d'Oglio.
Sondalo is home to the E. Morelli Hospital, a 3000-bed facility formerly run as a
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...
sanitarium.
Demographic evolution
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Notable people
* The Italian ski mountaineers
Mattia Coletti,
Elisa Fleischmann
Elisa Fleischmann (born 7 September 1985) from Valdidentro is an Italian ski mountaineer. She is born in Sondalo and has been member of the national team since 2007.
Selected results
* 2007:
** 1st, Italian Championship vertical race
** 2nd, P ...
,
Lorenzo Holzknecht and
Guido Giacomelli
Guido Giacomelli (born September 5, 1980) is an Italian ski mountaineer.
Giacomelli was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Pierra Menta race in 1998. He has been member of the national team since 20 ...
were born in Sondalo.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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