Sondalo
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Sondalo 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 130 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 40 km northeast 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 :...

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Sondalo borders the following municipalities: Grosio
Grosio
Grosio is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km northeast of Milan and about 35 km northeast of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...

, Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno is an Italian comune of 1816 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.-History:...

, Valdisotto
Valdisotto
Valdisotto is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km northeast of Milan and about 45 km northeast of Sondrio....

, Valfurva
Valfurva
Valfurva is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 150 km northeast of Milan and about 50 km northeast of Sondrio, in the Alps...

, Vezza d'Oglio
Vezza d'Oglio
Vezza d'Oglio is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is located within the high Camonica Valley.-Important Events:...

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Sondalo is home to the E. Morelli Hospital, a 3000 bed facility formerly run as a tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

 sanitarium.

Notable people

  • The Italian ski mountaineers Mattia Coletti
    Mattia Coletti
    Mattia Coletti is an Italian ski mountaineer.Coletti was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first in the Trofeo Folgore race in the same year...

    , Elisa Fleischmann
    Elisa Fleischmann
    Elisa Fleischmann from Valdidentro is an Italian ski mountaineer. She is born in Sondalo and has been member of the national team since 2007.- Selected results :* 2007:** 1st, Italian Championship vertical race...

    , Lorenzo Holzknecht
    Lorenzo Holzknecht
    Lorenzo Holzknecht of the Sci Club Alta Valtellina is an Italian ski mountaineer.Holzknecht was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 2001 and competed first in the same year...

     and Guido Giacomelli
    Guido Giacomelli
    Guido Giacomelli is an Italian ski mountaineer.Giacomelli was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Pierra Menta race in 1998. He has been member of the national team since 2002...

    were born in Sondalo.

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