Postalesio

Postalesio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Sondrio  (SO)
Local name	Postalés
Coordinates	46 ° 10 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 10 '0 "  N , 9 ° 46' 45"  E
height	516  m slm
surface	10.6 km²
Residents	661 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	62 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23010
prefix	0342
ISTAT number	014053
Popular name	Postelesini
Patron saint	Anthony the Great ( January 17 )
Website	Postalesio

Postalesio municipality in the province of Sondrio

Postalesio pyramids

Postalesio ( Lombard Pustales ) is a municipality ( comune ) in the northern Italian province of Sondrio in Lombardy with 661 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The municipality is located about 6 kilometers west of Sondrio on the Adda in Valtellina . The neighboring municipalities are Berbenno di Valtellina , Caiolo , Castione Andevenno , Cedrasco , Fusine and Torre di Santa Maria .

traffic

Strada Statale 38 dello Stelvio leads through the municipality from Piantedo to Bozen .

Attractions

Above the village of Postalesio there are some examples of the so-called "earth pyramids", very similar to those present in Zone and Segonzano. This particular phenomenon is due to the action of atmospheric substances that over the centuries have eroded the land around large boulders that act as a hat on the ground below them.

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 370.
• Postalesio on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Postalesio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.