Grosotto 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 120 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 35 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 :...

, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,650 and an area of 53.0 km².

Grosotto borders the following municipalities: Brusio

Brusio

Brusio is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Brusio is first mentioned in 1106 as Bruse. It was first mentioned as Brusio in 1212. Previously it was known as Romansh: Brüsch and ....

 (Switzerland), 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...

, Mazzo di Valtellina

Mazzo di Valtellina

Mazzo di Valtellina is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 120 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km northeast of Sondrio...

, Monno

Monno

Monno is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....

, Poschiavo

Poschiavo

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 (Switzerland), Vervio

Vervio

Vervio is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 120 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km northeast of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...

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