Brunate

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Brunate

| official_name = Comune di Brunate

| native_name = {{native name|lmo|Brunaa}}

| image_skyline = Panorama dalla Lucciola.jpg

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| image_shield = StemmaDiBrunate(CO)Lumbardia.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|49|N|9|6|E|region:IT_type:city(1727)|display=inline}}

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| region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=LOM}}

| province = {{ProvinciaIT|sigla=CO}} (CO)

| frazioni = Cao, Carescione, Laghetto, Nidrino, Piani di Brunate, San Maurizio

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| mayor = Davide Bodini

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| area_total_km2 = 1.96

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 1730

| population_as_of = 2001

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| population_demonym = Brunatesi

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 715

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| saint = Saint Andrew the Apostle

| day = 30 November

| postal_code = 22034

| area_code = 031

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.brunate.co.it/}}

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Brunate (Comasco: {{lang|lmo|Brunaa}} {{IPA|lmo|bryˈnaː|}}) is a town and comune in the province of Como in northern Italy, some {{convert|50|km}} northeast of Milan. It has some 1,800 residents, but is much more populated in summer, when tourists rent houses and apartments.

The town overlooks Como, which lies on the shore of Lake Como some {{convert|500|m}} below. For a short time in the late 12th century Brunate was an independent commune, but in 1240 it reverted to the suzerainty of Como.

Como and Brunate are linked by a steep, narrow, winding road, and by the Como to Brunate funicular.

Alessandro Volta lived in Brunate for a short period – the Faro Voltiano lighthouse in the San Maurizio district, was built and named in his honour. The Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov died in the town on 10 June 1912.

{{Gallery

|File:Como–Brunate funicular October 2012 13.jpg|Brunate, by the funicular station

|File:Como–Brunate funicular October 2012 05.jpg|Brunate, looking down the funicular to Lake Como

|File:Via P. e M. Monti.JPG|Brunate, Via P. e M. Monti

|File:Vista di Cernobbio da Brunate.jpg|View of Cernobbio and Lake Como from Brunate

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