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Bergamo

Also known as City of Bergamo

Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy. The seat of the province of Bergamo, it is located approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps () begin immediately north of the city.

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Bergamo is a city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, located northeast of Milan near several famous alpine lakes. As the seat of its province, it serves as an administrative center and gateway to the Bergamo Alps, which rise directly north of the city.

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Italian comune.name: Bergamo
Italian comune.official_name: Città di Bergamo
Italian comune.image_skyline: The Upper City of Bergamo. View from Via al Castello. Italy.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: The skyline of the old fortified Città Alta
Italian comune.image_flag: Flag of Bergamo.svg
Italian comune.image_shield: BERGAMO.png
Italian comune.nickname: Città dei Mille ('City of the Thousand')
Italian comune.image_map: Bergamo,_citt%C3%A0_alta.jpg
Italian comune.map_caption: Map of the old walled Upper City of Bergamo
Italian comune.pushpin_map: Italy Lombardy#Italy
Italian comune.region: Lombardy
Italian comune.province: Bergamo (BG)
Italian comune.mayor_party: PD
Italian comune.mayor: Elena Carnevali
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 40.16
Italian comune.elevation_m: 249
Italian comune.population_demonym: BergamasqueBergamaschi (Italian)Bergamàsch (Eastern Lombard)
Italian comune.postal_code: 24100

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bergamo
Demonym: bergamaschi
Population: 118000
Area: 40.16
Elevation: 249
Official website: www.comune.bergamo.it
Image: The Upper City of Bergamo. View from Via al Castello. Italy.jpg
Dialing code: 035
Licence plate code: BG

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Commons category: Bergamo
postal code: 24121–24129
Commons gallery: Bergamo
native label: Bergamo
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Etymology
History
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Early modern
Late modern and contemporary
Geography
Climate
Cityscape
Upper city
Lower city
Government
Demographics
Immigration
Economy
Culture
Notable natives
Theater
Sport
Education
Transport
Notable churches
Notable people
International relations
Twin towns − sister cities
Consulates
See also
References
Further reading
External links

With a population of as of , Bergamo is the 4th-largest city in Lombardy and the 34th-largest in Italy. The metropolitan area of Bergamo extends beyond the administrative city limits, spanning over a densely urbanized area with slightly fewer than 500,000 inhabitants. The Bergamo metropolitan area is itself part of the broader Milan metropolitan area, home to more than eight million people.