Mendatica 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 Imperia

Province of Imperia

The Province of Imperia is a mountainous and hilly province, in the Liguria region of Italy, situated between the Maritime Alps to the north and the Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea to the south...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Liguria

Liguria

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, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa

Genoa

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 and about 30 km northwest of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 235 and an area of 30.6 km².

The municipality of Mendatica contains the frazione

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...

(subdivision) Monesi.

Mendatica borders the following municipalities: Briga Alta

Briga Alta

Briga Alta is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 13 km southeast of Cuneo, on the border with France...

, Cosio di Arroscia

Cosio di Arroscia

Cosio di Arroscia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 283 and an area of 40.6 km²...

, Montegrosso Pian Latte

Montegrosso Pian Latte

Montegrosso Pian Latte is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Imperia...

, and Triora

Triora

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