Villongo (
Bergamasque
The Bergamasque dialect is the western variant of the Eastern Lombard group of the Lombard language. It is mainly spoken in the province of Bergamo and in the area around Crema, in central Lombardy.
Bergamasque has official status in the p ...
: ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Bergamo in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region of
Lombardy, located about northeast of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
and about east of
Bergamo. As of January 2017, it had a population of 8,052 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
The municipality of Villongo contains two ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets): Sant'Alessandro and San Filastro.
Villongo borders the following municipalities:
Adrara San Martino,
Credaro,
Foresto Sparso,
Paratico
Paratico (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It is located at the southwestern end of Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo or Iseo lake ( ; it, Lago d'Iseo ; lmo, Lach d'Izé, label=Eastern Lombard), also kno ...
,
Sarnico
Sarnico ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, about northeast of Milan and about east of Bergamo at the southern end of Lake Iseo.
Sarnico borders the following municip ...
,
Zandobbio.
Demographic evolution
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Infrastructure and accessibility
Between 1901 and 1921 the town hosted one stop of the Bergamo-Trescore-Sarnico tramway.
[ Francesco Ogliari e Franco Sapi, ''Albe e tramonti di prore e binari'', a cura degli autori, Milano, 1963.]
Twin towns – sister cities
Villongo is
twinned with:
*
Seloncourt, France
References
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