Livigno
Sign in to saveLivigno (; local ; ) is a town, comune and a special-administered territory in the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Italian Alps, near the Swiss border.
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Livigno is a town in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, located in the Lombardy region near Switzerland and designated as a special-administered territory. It is notable for its unique status as a specially governed area within Italy, which distinguishes it from typical Italian municipalities.
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- Italian comune.name
- Livigno
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Livigno
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Livigno sera.jpg
- Italian comune.image_flag
- Bandiera di Livigno.svg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Livigno-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Livigno (province of Sondrio, region Lombardy, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.region
- Lombardy
- Italian comune.province
- Sondrio (SO)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Trepalle
- Italian comune.mayor
- Damiano Bormolini
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 227.3
- Italian comune.population_total
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Main sights
- Duty-free status
- Economy
- Culture and sport
- Skiing and snowboarding
- Chess
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
Livigno (; local ; ) is a town, comune and a special-administered territory in the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Italian Alps, near the Swiss border.
== History == Livigno's first settlers were probably shepherds during the Middle Ages. The first documents called this area . The name possibly comes from an old German word for "avalanche" which have always been frequent in the valley – the last avalanche to hit the village was in 1951, causing seven deaths and damage to a dozen houses.