Where is Val Masino located?

Val Masino is situated in the Province of Sondrio, which is part of the Lombardy region in northern Italy. It lies near the Swiss border in an alpine area.

How large is Val Masino’s population?

The population of Val Masino has fluctuated slightly, with recent counts around 914 residents. Historical data shows figures of 891 and 840, indicating a small, stable community.

What is the administrative role of Val Masino?

As a *comune*, Val Masino functions as a local municipal division within Italy’s administrative structure, managing local governance, services, and infrastructure for its residents.

What are some nearby settlements?

Nearby settlements include San Martino and Cataeggio, both small human settlements within the same region of Italy.

Val Masino

Italian comune

Place comune_of_italy Q40902

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of: comune of Italy
Official website: www.comune.valmasino.so.it^[14]
Official name: Val Màsino^[18]

Location

Country: Italy^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 46.213°, 9.637°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Sondrio^[2]
Shares border with: Ardenno, Bregaglia, Buglio in Monte, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Civo, Novate Mezzola^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Population and size

Area: +116.71^[21]
Elevation above sea level: +787^[20]
Population: 840 (840–914, n=3)^[15]^[16]^[17]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 914 · 891 · 840 GeoNames 881 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code: 0342^[13]
Postal code: 23010^[11]

More facts +9

Capital: Val Masino^[4]
Coordinates of easternmost point: 🗺️ 46.269°, 9.749°
Coordinates of northernmost point: 🗺️ 46.304°, 9.677°
Coordinates of southernmost point: 🗺️ 46.188°, 9.625°
Coordinates of westernmost point: 🗺️ 46.239°, 9.547°
Demonym: valmasinesi^[19]
Licence plate code: SO^[12]
Seismic classification: 3^[23]
Significant place: Prea Lentina^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Val Masino de Val Màsin el Βαλ Μάζινο fa وال ماسینو it Val Màsino ja ヴァル・マジーノ ru Валь-Мазино uk Валь Мазіно uk Валь-Мазіно zh 瓦尔马西诺

🔖 Identifiers · 17

VIAF cluster ID: 235217347
GND ID: 4515103-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Path (190880861).jpeg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID: 16412
De Agostini ID: Màsino,+val-
Freebase ID: /m/0gj43q
GADM ID: ITA.10.11.71_1
GeoNames ID: 6542767
ISTAT ID: 014074
IndicePA ID: c_l638
Italian cadastre code (municipality): L638
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 47026

Show all 17 identifiers +5

OpenWeatherMap city ID: 6534734
Topic's main category: Category:Val Masino (comune, Italy)
VerbaAlpina ID: A16508
Who's on First ID: 1125858633
Wiki Loves Monuments ID: 03L6380000

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 6

Chiesa in Valmalenco, Buglio in Monte, Civo, Ardenno, Novate Mezzola, Bregaglia

← Shares border with 6

Chiesa in Valmalenco, Buglio in Monte, Civo, Ardenno, Novate Mezzola, Bregaglia

Contained subdivisions 2

San Martino, Cataeggio

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Country 1

Italy

Instance of 1

comune of Italy

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Sondrio

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Sondrio

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Summary

Val Masino is a comune of Italy^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Val Masino — country (P17): Italy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Val Masino — capital (P36): Val Masino. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Val Masino — shares border with (P47): Ardenno. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Val Masino — shares border with (P47): Bregaglia. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Val Masino — shares border with (P47): Buglio in Monte. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Val Masino — shares border with (P47): Chiesa in Valmalenco. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Val Masino — shares border with (P47): Civo. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Val Masino — shares border with (P47): Novate Mezzola. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Val Masino — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Province of Sondrio. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Val Masino — postal code (P281): 23010. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Val Masino — licence plate code (P395): SO. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Val Masino — local dialing code (P473): 0342. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Val Masino — official website (P856): http://www.comune.valmasino.so.it. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Val Masino — population (P1082): 914. Italian National Institute of Statistics. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Val Masino — population (P1082): 891. demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Val Masino — population (P1082): 840. demo.istat.it. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Val Masino — official name (P1448): Val Màsino. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Val Masino — demonym (P1549): valmasinesi. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Val Masino — elevation above sea level (P2044): 787 m. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Val Masino — area (P2046): 116.71 km². istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Val Masino — significant place (P7153): Prea Lentina. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Val Masino — seismic classification (P9235): 3. Seismic classification in Italy. Retrieved 2022-08-27. rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Val Masino is an instance of comune of Italy (Q747074) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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13w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

VerbaAlpina ID → A16508

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13w ago · Theklan · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tabular population → Data:Historical population Val Masino.tab

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Topic's main category → Category:Val Masino (comune, Italy)

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Seismic classification → 3

Coordinates of southernmost point → {'lat': 46.1880932, 'lon': 9.6249126}

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