Pelago 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 Florence

Province of Florence

The Province of Florence is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It has an area of 3,514 sq. km and a population of 933,860 in 44 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 Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

, located about 20 km east of Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,396 and an area of 54.8 km².

The municipality of Pelago 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) Borselli, Carbonile, Consuma, Diacceto, Fontisterni, Magnale, Palaie, Paterno, Raggioli, San Francesco, and Stentatoio.

Pelago borders the following municipalities: Montemignaio

Montemignaio

Montemignaio is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km east of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo....

, Pontassieve

Pontassieve

Pontassieve is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 14 km east of Florence, nearby Fiesole, at the confluence of the Arno and Sieve rivers.-History:...

, Pratovecchio

Pratovecchio

-History:Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist Paolo Uccello, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to Florence and became a citizen there in 1373.-Main sights:...

, Reggello

Reggello

Reggello is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 25 km southeast of Florence....

, Rignano sull'Arno

Rignano sull'Arno

Rignano sull'Arno is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 20 km southeast of Florence.-Main sights:*Pieve of San Lorenzo a Miransù...

, Rufina

Rufina

Rufina is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 20 km east of Florence.Rufina borders the following municipalities: Dicomano, Londa, Montemignaio, Pelago, Pontassieve, Pratovecchio....

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External links

• www.comune.pelago.fi.it/