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Barzana

Italian comune

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ99964 ↗
Source-derived summary

Barzana (Bergamasque: Barsana) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Milan and about 9 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,645 and an area of 2.1 square kilometres (0.81 mi2).

Barzana borders the following municipalities: Almenno San Bartolomeo, Brembate di Sopra, Mapello, Palazzago.

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The public source identifies “Barzana” as italian comune. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Barzana, Italian and comune.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Barzana, Italian and comune providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q99964. The Library of Congress control number is n97050588. Authority coordinates are 45.734, 9.568. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Barzana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.