Colico

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Colico

Location of Colico in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Lecco (LC)
Mayor Alfonso Curtoni
  Elected 2006-05-28
Elevation 218 m (715 ft)
Area 35.3 km² (14 sq mi)
Population (as of 2001)
 - Total 6,257
 - Density 177/km² (458/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 46°8′0″N, 9°22′15″E
Gentilic Colichesi
Dialing code 0341
Postal code 23823
Frazioni Olgiasca, Laghetto, Villatico, Curcio
Patron Saint George
 - Day 23 April
Website: http://www.comune.colico.lc.it/

Colico is a comune in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. It is sItuated near the tip of the northern arm of Lake Como where the Adda enters the lake. Colico, with an area of 35.3 km² and a population of about 6,200, is the most important town in the northern part of Lake Como, which is often indentified as its Colico branch.

Colico is a local transport hub, with trains to Milan and boats to Como and Lecco, as well as road links south to Milan (via the eastern shore of the lake, Lecco and Brianza), north to Chiavenna, and east to Bolzano.

Coordinates: 46°08′N, 9°22′E