Olgiate Comasco is a comune

Comune

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(municipality) in the Province of Como

Province of Como

The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

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, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Milan

Milan

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 and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Como

Como

Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree in 1998.

Olgiate borders the following municipalities: Albiolo

Albiolo

Albiolo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 12 km west of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,372 and an area of 2.9 km²....

, Beregazzo con Figliaro

Beregazzo con Figliaro

Beregazzo con Figliaro is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Como...

, Faloppio

Faloppio

Faloppio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about west of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,567 and an area of 4.2 km²....

, Gironico

Gironico

Gironico is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,133 and an area of 4.5 km²....

, Lurate Caccivio

Lurate Caccivio

Lurate Caccivio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como....

, Oltrona di San Mamette

Oltrona di San Mamette

Oltrona di San Mamette is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como...

, Parè

Parè

Parè is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 6 km west of Como, on the border with Switzerland...

, Solbiate

Solbiate

Solbiate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 12 km southwest of Como...

Main sights

There are three churches in Olgiate Comasco,

• St. Ippolito e Cassiano, sited in the downtown
• St. Gerardo
• Annunziata, in the frazione Somaino.

Twin towns

Liancourt, France Pesterzsébet

Pesterzsébet

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, Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary San Cataldo, Italy