Bagolino 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:...

in the province of Brescia

Province of Brescia

The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...

, in 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...

, Italy, in the valley of the river Caffaro, on the right side of Valle Sabbia

Valle Sabbia

The Valle Sabbia is the second-largest of the Tre Valli Bresciane , situated in the western part of the province of Brescia. It takes its name from the reto-ligurian people of the Sabini...

. Bagolino is famous for the cheese named Bagòss and the carnival.

The frazione

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...

Ponte Caffaro lies on the shore of Lake Idro

Lake Idro

Lake Idro is an Italian prealpine lake of glacial origin situated largely within the Province of Brescia and in part in Trentino.At 368 metres above sea level it is the highest of the Lombard prealpine lakes. The lake is fed principally by the waters of the river Chiese; that river is also its...

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Neighbouring communes

• Anfo
  Anfo
  Anfo is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy near Lake Idro. It is bounded by other communes of Bagolino and Collio.-External links:*http://www.vallesabbia.info/bin/index.php?id=118...
  
  
• Bienno
  Bienno
  Bienno is an Italian comune of 3.609 abitanti in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.-Geography:The village is located in Val Grigna, on the northern side of the river Grigna....
  
  
• Bondone
  Bondone
  Bondone is a comune located about 50 km southwest of Trento in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, on the border with Lombardy...
  
   (Trentino)
• Breno
  Breno
  Breno is an Italian comune of 5.014 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.-Geography:It is bounded by other communes of Bagolino, Bienno, Braone, Ceto, Cividate Camuno, Condino , Daone , Losine, Malegno, Niardo, Prestine.The village of Breno stands in a ravine by the...
  
  
• Collio
  Collio
  Collio is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. The comune is bounded by other communes of Bovegno, Bagolino and Anfo....
  
  
• Condino
  Condino
  Condino is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,507 and an area of 33.8 km²....
  
   (TN)
• Idro
• Lavenone
  Lavenone
  Lavenone is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy.The commune stretches into the mountains and includes the mountain village of Presegno....
  
  
• Prestine
  Prestine
  Prestine Prestine Prestine (Pgèhten in camunian dialect is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy.It is bounded by other communes of Bagolino, Bienno, Breno, Niardo...
  
  
• Storo
  Storo
  Storo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 50 km southwest of Trento...
  
  (TN)

Bagosso Cheese is made here. Similar to grana padano, it is salty cheese with traces of natural mold at times.

External links

• http://www.vallesabbia.info/bin/index.php?id=54