Campione d'Italia

Also known as Campione

comune and exclave of Italy, surrounded by Switzerland

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Campione d'Italia is a small Italian town completely surrounded by Swiss territory, making it an unusual geographic oddity in Europe. It matters as a unique political and practical example of how national borders and jurisdictions can create enclaves, requiring special arrangements between neighboring countries for things like trade, transportation, and governance.

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Official website: www.comune.campione-d-italia.co.it
Image: Aussichtsturm Monte San Salvatore SO.JPG
Dialing code: 004191
Licence plate code: CO

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Campione d'Italia ( Italian: [kamˈpjoːne diˈtaːlja]; Comasco: Campiùn [kamˈpjuŋ]) is a comune (municipality) of the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy. Located on the shores of Lake Lugano, it is an enclave surrounded by the Swiss canton of Ticino. At its closest, the enclave is less than one kilometre (0.6 mi) from the rest of Italy, but the intervening mountainous terrain requires a journey by road through the Swiss village of Bissone of over 14 km (9 mi) to reach the nearest Italian town, Lanzo d'Intelvi, and over 28 km (17 mi) to reach the city of Como. The comune's population was 1,748 in 2021.

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