Algua is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Bergamo

Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 60 km northeast of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and about 15 km north of Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 743 and an area of 8.1 km².

The municipality of Algua contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Frerola, Pagliaro, and Rigosa.

Algua borders the following municipalities: Aviatico

Aviatico

Aviatico is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 12 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Bracca

Bracca

Bracca is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 827 and an area of 5.5 km².Bracca borders the following municipalities: Algua,...

, Costa di Serina

Costa di Serina

Costa di Serina is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Algua and Cornalba....

, Nembro

Nembro

Nembro is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km northeast of Bergamo, on the right bank of the Serio River.thumb|left|The Romanesque bridge....

, San Pellegrino Terme

San Pellegrino Terme

San Pellegrino Terme is a comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, best known for being the location where San Pellegrino, a carbonated mineral water drink is produced.-Twin towns:*Burgdorf, Switzerland, Switzerland,*Larino, Italy,...

, Selvino

Selvino

Selvino is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,045 and an area of 6.4 km².Selvino borders the following municipalities:...

, Serina

Serina, Italy

Serina is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 31 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Zogno

Zogno

Zogno is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km north of Bergamo...

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