Cremenaga
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Cremenaga 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 Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese but its largest city is Busto Arsizio....

 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 60 km northwest 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 north of Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...

, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 780 and an area of 4.6 km².

The municipality of Cremenaga 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) Sasso del Castello, Mirabello, Campagna, Monte Sette Termini (i Bedeloni), and Cascina Porsù.

Cremenaga borders the following municipalities: Cadegliano-Viconago
Cadegliano-Viconago
Cadegliano-Viconago is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km north of Varese, on the border with Switzerland...

, Cugliate-Fabiasco
Cugliate-Fabiasco
Cugliate-Fabiasco is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km north of Varese...

, Luino
Luino
Luino is a small town and comune near the border with Switzerland on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, in the Province of Varese ....

, Monteggio
Monteggio
Monteggio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Monteggio is first mentioned in 1466 as da Montegio. Until 1819 the current village core was called Albio. The name comes from the fortified seat of the Capitanei of Sessa, the ruins of which are...

 (Switzerland), Montegrino Valtravaglia
Montegrino Valtravaglia
Montegrino Valtravaglia is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 110 km northwest of Milan and about 70 km west of Varese...

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