Samolaco 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

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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 90 km north of the regional capital Milan

Milan

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 and about 40 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 :...

. As of 31 December 2005, it had a population of 2,913 and an area of 44.5 km².

The territory of the commune, mostly mountainous, includes of a number of small centres of population, notably Casenda, Era, Giumello, San Pietro and Somaggia. All of these lie in the valley known as the Piano di Chiavenna, just to the north of the small lake Lago di Mezzola

Lago di Mezzola

Lago di Mezzola is a small lake in the Italian region of Lombardy. It lies between the Pian di Spagna to the south, which divides it from Lake Como and is an ecologically important wetland habitat, and the Piano di Chiavenna to the north, which leads up to Chiavenna...

, which itself lies to the north of Lake Como

Lake Como

Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore...

. There is no centre called Samolaco, although the community centre, a Crai grocery store, a bank, 2 bars (Daniel's Irish Pub and Bar Giove), a farm supply store, an artisan honey producer StellaMiele and the multimedia production company ShinyGoldShoes lie in Samolaco-Era.
Samolaco 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...

, Livo

Livo

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, Montemezzo

Montemezzo

Montemezzo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 270 and an area of 9.1 km²....

, Novate Mezzola

Novate Mezzola

Novate Mezzola is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km north of Milan and about 35 km west of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...

, Prata Camportaccio

Prata Camportaccio

Prata Camportaccio is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km north of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Sondrio...

, Sorico

Sorico

Sorico is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km north of Milan and about 45 km northeast of Como...

, Vercana

Vercana

Vercana is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km north of Milan and about 45 km northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 729 and an area of 14.6 km²....

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