Paladina 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 Bergamo

Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

 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 of 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 45 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 5 km northwest of Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,524 and an area of 2.0 km².

The municipality of Paladina 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) Sombreno.

Paladina borders the following municipalities: Almè

Almè

Almè is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 5 km northwest of Bergamo...

, Almenno San Bartolomeo

Almenno San Bartolomeo

Almenno San Bartolomeo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km northwest of Bergamo....

, Almenno San Salvatore

Almenno San Salvatore

Almenno San Salvatore is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km northwest of Bergamo...

, Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

, Sorisole

Sorisole

Sorisole is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km north of Bergamo...

, Valbrembo

Valbrembo

Valbrembo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km northwest of Bergamo...

.Part of Paladina's territory is part of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo

Parco dei Colli di Bergamo

Parco dei Colli di Bergamo is a natural park in the Province of Bergamo.- Geography :The park has a surface of 47 km² and covers part of the city of Bergamo and surrounding municipalities. The largest part of the surface of the park is covered by woods...

 and is croddes by river Quisa

Quisa

Quisais 13 km long river in province of Bergamo.Its source is located at the foothill of Canto Alto in the municipality of Sorisole, the river then crosses the municipality of Almè, Paladina, Mozzo and Ponte San Pietro where his waters enter in the Brembo River....

.