Peia
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Peia 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 70 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 20 km northeast 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 1,817 and an area of 4.4 km².

The municipality of Peia 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) Peia Bassa and Cima Peia.

Peia borders the following municipalities: Bianzano
Bianzano
Bianzano is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It is 600 metres above sea level and lays down on a little plateau between Cavallina and Seriana valleys. The core of the village is its historic centre, which keeps its original structure with some remains of minor fortified...

, Gandino
Gandino
Gandino is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Leffe
Leffe, Italy
Leffe is a town and comune near the Alps in Lombardy, Italy. It is nearly 80 kilometers from Milan, and administratively part of the province of Bergamo. The town is well known because of its textile industry.-External links:*...

, Ranzanico
Ranzanico
Ranzanico is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 25 km northeast of Bergamo...

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