Foppolo 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

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region of 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 120 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 60 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 206 and an area of 16.2 km².

Foppolo borders the following municipalities: Caiolo

Caiolo

Caiolo is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 5 km southwest of Sondrio...

, Carona, Cedrasco

Cedrasco

Cedrasco is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km west of Sondrio...

, Fusine

Fusine

Fusine is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Sondrio...

, Tartano

Tartano

Tartano is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Sondrio...

, Valleve

Valleve

Valleve is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 80 km northeast of Milan and about 40 km north of Bergamo...

.

Winter Sports

In the winter Foppolo becomes the most important resort in the province 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...

, with a large amount of ski slopes. The resort is linked by piste to the resort of Carona Carisole, creating an area with 12 lifts serving 26 runs, with an area of 30 km and a height drop from 2200m to 1635m.