Oggiono 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 Lecco

Province of Lecco

The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes...

 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 40 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 8 km southwest of Lecco

Lecco

Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...

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As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,194 and an area of 7.9 km².

The municipality of Oggiono 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) Bagnolo, Imberido, Laguccio, Miravalle and Peslago.

Oggiono borders the following municipalities: Annone di Brianza

Annone di Brianza

Annone di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...

, Dolzago

Dolzago

Dolzago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

, Ello

Ello

Ello is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,202 and an area of 2.4 km²....

, Galbiate

Galbiate

Galbiate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,511 and an area of 16.1 km²...

, Molteno

Molteno

Molteno is a comune and a hill-top town in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

 and Sirone

Sirone

Sirone is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

.

Lago di Annone

Lago di Annone

Lago di Annone is a lake in the Province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. It borders the municipalities of Annone di Brianza, Suello, Civate, Galbiate and Oggiono....

 is located on its borders.

It was the eponymous birthplace of the renaissance painter Marco d'Oggiono

Marco d'Oggiono

Marco d'Oggiono was an Italian Renaissance painter and a chief pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, many of whose works he copied.-Biography and works:...

, a chief pupil of Leonardo Da Vinci.

External links

• www.comune.oggiono.lc.it/