Menarola
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Menarola 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 Sondrio
Province of Sondrio
The Province of Sondrio is in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the town of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km², and a total population of 176,856...

 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 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 90 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 45 km northwest of Sondrio
Sondrio
Sondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...

, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 40 and an area of 14.8 km².

Menarola borders the following municipalities: Gordona
Gordona
Gordona is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km north of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...

, Lostallo
Lostallo
Lostallo is a municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Lostallo has an area, , of . Of this area, 6.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 59% is forested...

 (Switzerland), Mese
Mese
Mese may refer to:*Mese, Burma, a town in Kayah State of eastern Myanmar*Mese, Lombardy, a comune in the province of Sondrio, Italy* Mese, the Hungarian name for Meşendorf village, Buneşti Commune, Braşov County, Romania...

, San Giacomo Filippo
San Giacomo Filippo
San Giacomo Filippo is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km north of Milan and about 45 km northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...

, Soazza
Soazza
Soazza is a municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Soazza has an area, , of . Of this area, 7.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.7% is forested...

(Switzerland).
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