Gorlago 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 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 12 km southeast 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 4,851 and an area of 5.6 km².

Gorlago borders the following municipalities: Bolgare

Bolgare

-Bounding communes:*Gorlago*Carobbio degli Angeli*Chiuduno*Telgate*Grumello del Monte*Palosco*Calcinate*Costa di Mezzate-Coat of arms:The coat of arms are made up with a shield with red on the top-left and yellow on the other side and black on the bottom. The stem is colored with a lily leaf on...

, Carobbio degli Angeli

Carobbio degli Angeli

Carobbio degli Angeli is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southeast of Bergamo....

, Costa di Mezzate

Costa di Mezzate

Costa di Mezzate is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Gorlago....

, Montello

Montello, Italy

Montello 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 southeast of Bergamo...

, San Paolo d'Argon

San Paolo d'Argon

San Paolo d'Argon 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 east of Bergamo....

, Trescore Balneario

Trescore Balneario

Trescore Balneario is a town and comune in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy.-History:The city itself is mentioned for the first time in 996 AD....

.

The opera singer Luigi Bolis

Luigi Bolis

Luigi Bolis was an Italian tenor.After his triumphant debut in 1864, he became an important opera singer in major theaters in Italy and in Europe in the 1870s...

 owned a villa and farm estate on the banks of the Cherio River

Cherio River

The Cherio River is a river of the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The river runs for 32 kilometres and has a basin area of 161 km ². Its source is at 1,276 metres above sea level at Monte Torrezzo near Lake Endine and flows into Oglio at Palosco...

in Gorlago in the late 19th century and died there in 1905.

External links

• www.comune.gorlago.bg.it