Crespiatica 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 Lodi

Province of Lodi

The Province of Lodi is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lodi.It has an area of 782 km², and a total population of 209,874 . There are 61 comuni in the province . As of May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population are:- External links :...

 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 40 km southeast 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 7 km southeast of Lodi. As of 1 january 2009, it had a population of 2,004 and an area of 7.1 km².

The municipality of Crespiatica 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) Tormo and Benzona.

Crespiatica borders the following municipalities: Dovera

Dovera

Dovera is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km southeast of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona...

, Bagnolo Cremasco

Bagnolo Cremasco

Bagnolo Cremasco is a comune in the province of Cremona, in Lombardy....

, Vaiano Cremasco

Vaiano Cremasco

Vaiano Cremasco is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southeast of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona...

, Monte Cremasco

Monte Cremasco

Monte Cremasco is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southeast of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Cremona...

, Chieve

Chieve

Chieve is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km southeast of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Cremona...

, Corte Palasio

Corte Palasio

Corte Palasio is a town and comune in the province of Lodi, in Lombardy ....

, Abbadia Cerreto

Abbadia Cerreto

Abbadia Cerreto is a comune in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km southeast of Milan and about 7 km southeast of Lodi...

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