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Samolaco ( or Samolagh) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of the regional capital Milan and about northwest of Sondrio. As of 31 December 2005, it had a population of 2,913 and an area of .

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Italian comune.name
Samolaco
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Samolaco, Cittadina di Samolaco
Italian comune.region
Lombardy
Italian comune.province
Province of Sondrio (SO)
Italian comune.area_total_km2
44.5
Italian comune.population_total
2913
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 December 2005
Italian comune.elevation_m
236
Italian comune.postal_code
23027
Italian comune.area_code
0343

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Official name
Samolaco
Demonym
samolachesi
Population
2875
Area
45.8
Elevation
236
Image
Samolaco Chiesa di San Giovanni all'Archetto 1.jpg
Dialing code
0343
Licence plate code
SO
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Samolaco
postal code
23027
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Samolaco ( or Samolagh) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of the regional capital Milan and about northwest of Sondrio. As of 31 December 2005, it had a population of 2,913 and an area of .

The territory of the comune, mostly mountainous, includes of a number of small centres of population, notably Casenda, Era, Giumello, San Pietro and Somaggia. All of these lie in the valley known as the Piano di Chiavenna, just to the north of the small lake Lago di Mezzola, which itself lies to the north of Lake Como. There is no centre called Samolaco, although the community centre, a grocery store, a bank, two bars, a farm supply store and an artisan honey producer lie in the Samolaco area.

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