Capiago 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 Como

Province of Como

The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...

 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 35 km north 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 6 km southeast of Como

Como

Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,196 and an area of 5.7 km².

Capiago has the Roman Rite and Ambrosian Rite has Intimiano .

The municipality of Capiago 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) olmeda and intimiano.

Capiago borders the following municipalities: Cantù

Cantù

Cantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.-History:...

, Como

Como

Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

, Lipomo

Lipomo

Lipomo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,758 and an area of 2.5 km²....

, Montorfano

Montorfano

Montorfano is a town and comune in the province of Como, part of Lombardy, in northern Italy. It is situated about south of Como, which is at the southern tip of Lake Como, puse north of Milan. It has about 2,500 inhabitants...

, Orsenigo

Orsenigo (Italy)

Orsenigo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,457 and an area of ....

, Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km south of Como...

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