Val Masino 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 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 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 962 and an area of 116.0 km².

The municipality of Val Masino 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) Cataeggio, Filorera, and San Martino.

Val Masino borders the following municipalities: Ardenno

Ardenno

Ardenno is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km west of Sondrio...

, Bondo

Bondo, Switzerland

Bondo is a former municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It's now part of the municipality of Bregaglia.-Geography:...

 (Switzerland), Buglio in Monte

Buglio in Monte

Buglio in Monte is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km west of Sondrio...

, Chiesa in Valmalenco

Chiesa in Valmalenco

Chiesa in Valmalenco is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km north of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...

, Civo

Civo

Civo is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 Miles northeast of Milan and about 15 Miles west of Sondrio...

, 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...

, Stampa

Stampa

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 (Switzerland), Vicosoprano

Vicosoprano

Vicosoprano is a former municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and is the largest village in the Val Bregaglia. It's now part of the municipality of Bregaglia.-Geography:...

(Switzerland).