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Civate

Italian comune

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ42469 ↗
Source-derived summary

Civate (Lecchese: Ciüâ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,898 and an area of 9.1 square kilometres (3.5 mi2). Lago di Annone is located on its borders.

Civate borders the following municipalities: Annone di Brianza, Canzo, Cesana Brianza, Galbiate, Suello, Valmadrera.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Civate” as italian comune. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Civate, Italian and comune can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as italian comune. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q42469. VIAF identifies the subject as 248274245. Authority coordinates are 45.833, 9.350. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004.

Critical limits

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How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Civate”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Civate primary sources, Civate archive and Civate research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Civate”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
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This entry incorporates text from “Civate” 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.