Blevio is a
comune (municipality) in the
Province of Como in the
Italian region
Lombardy, located about 40&_160;km north of
Milan and about 2&_160;km northeast of
Como. As of
31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,276 and an area of 5.9&_160;km².
[1]Blevio borders the following municipalities Brunate, Cernobbio, Como, Moltrasio, Torno.
In this country lives the singer Ivana Spagna and Milva.
Blevio is a town that embodies seven old villages, so called "the seven cities" (Capovico, Cazzanore, Girola, Maggianico, Mezzovico, Sopravilla, Sorto), the most important of which was that close to the lake of Como. The municipal land extends from 200 to 1140&_160;meters over the sea-level. The etymology of the name of the city could be found in the Celtic Ligurian "Biuelius" (Latin "vivo – alive", Welsh "byw", old Irish "biu – I use to be" and Anglo-Saxon "beo – I am, I become", Indo-Germanic "bheou").
