Morbegno

Morbegno (Italian: [morˈbeɲɲo]; Lombard: Morbegn [murˈbɛɲ] or Murbegn [myrˈbɛɲ]; German: Morbend) is a little town in the low Valtellina Valley in Italy, on the left side of the Adda river. It is part of the province of Sondrio of Lombardy.

Morbegno Morbegn / Murbegn (Lombard)
Comune
Città di Morbegno
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Morbegno
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Coordinates: 46°08′N 9°34′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Sondrio (SO)
Frazioni	Campo Erbolo, Campovico, Desco, Paniga, Valle, Categno, Cermeledo, Arzo, Cerido. Localities: La Corte, Campione.
Government
• Mayor	Andrea Ruggeri (CambiaMorbegno (civic list))
Area [1]
• Total	14.82 km2 (5.72 sq mi)
Elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Population  (Mar. 31, 2016)[2]
• Total	12,214
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Morbegnesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23017
Dialing code	0342
Patron saint	Saints Peter and Paul
Saint day	June 29
Website	Official website

Façade of the church of San Giovanni Battista.

Given its proximity to the San Marco Pass, which connects the Valtellina with the Val Brembana, it played an important role in the past as a passage for trade and transport to and from northern Europe.

In 2007, it started a project to become a leader in sustainability, by involving the population in a participatory design process, presently labelled "Morbegno 2020". Morbegno is partnering with the international non-profit organization The Natural Step to design a vision of what the people living in Morbegno want to create in the long term, and choose the strategic path to move towards the vision from the present reality.

Morbegno has also been selected as a pilot city in the Di.Mo.Stra. project, by the Association of Italian Municipalities for the diffusion of Strategic Planning models. Finally, on November 21, 1966, it received the honorary title of town with a presidential decree.