Sondrio


Sondrio

(sōn`drēō), town (1991 pop. 22,097), capital of Sondrio prov., Lombardy, N Italy, on the Mallero River near its confluence with the Adda River. The chief town of the ValtellinaValtellina
, Alpine valley of the upper Adda River, c.75 mi (120 km) long, in Lombardy, N Italy, extending from Lake Como to the Stelvio Pass. The main towns are Sondrio and Tirano. The valley is a fertile agricultural region, known for its wine.
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, it is an agricultural market and an industrial and tourist center.

Sondrio

 

a city in Italy, located in the extreme north of Lombardy, in the deep Valtellina valley. Capital of the province of Sondrio. Population, 23,000 (1971). Sondrio has enterprises of the cotton, food-processing, and leather industries. A hydroelectric power plant is located nearby, on the Adda River. Sondrio is a tourist site.