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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Ardesio
| official_name       = Comune di Ardesio
| native_name         =
| image_skyline       = Ardesio vista.jpg
| image_caption       = View of Ardesio
| image_shield        = Ardesio-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          = 
| shield_size         = 
| image_map           = 
| map_alt             = 
| map_caption         = 
| pushpin_label_position = 
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| coordinates         = {{coord|45|56|N|9|56|E|region:IT_type:city(3672)|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = {{RegioneIT|sigla=LOM}}
| province            = {{ProvinciaIT|sigla=BG}} (BG)
| frazioni            = Ave, Valcanale, Ludrigno, Carpignolo Ponte Seghe, More, Valzella, Zanetti, Marinoni, Cerete, Cacciamali, Piazzolo, Botto Alto, Rizzoli, Bani, Babes, Valle, Albareti
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Yvan Caccia
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 53.76
| population_footnotes = <ref>[http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html ISTAT] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref>
| population_total    =  3483
| population_as_of    = 30 November 2016
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Ardesiani
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 
| elevation_min_m     = 475
| elevation_max_m     = 1603
| twin1               = 
| twin1_country       = 
| saint               = [[Saint George|San Giorgio]]
| day                 = 23 April
| postal_code         = 24020
| area_code           = 0346
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.ardesio.bg.it}}
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Ardesio''' ([[Bergamasque]]: {{lang|lmo|Ardés}}) is a ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Bergamo]], in [[Lombardy]], Italy.

==Events==
[[File:Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie - Ardesio (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg|thumb|left|the Sanctuary ''Madonna delle Grazie''.]]
On the last Sunday of January people in Ardesio have a goat and donkey exhibition. In this exhibition you can find every kind of goats and donkeys.  
 
Every 31 January there is "La scasada dol zenerù" (the chasing of January). On this day they celebrate the end of the cold season. A puppet representing January is burnt at the city hall.

On 23 June people celebrate the anniversary of the Virgin apparition. This event commemorates two girls seeing the Virgin Mary in 1607. A procession is held with a statue representing the Virgin, the two girls and the baby Jesus.

==Bounding communes==

*[[Valgoglio]]
*[[Gromo]]
*[[Oltressenda Alta]]
*[[Villa d'Ogna]]
*[[Parre]]
*[[Premolo]]
*[[Oltre il Colle]]
*[[Roncobello]]
*[[Branzi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}} 
*[http://www.comune.ardesio.bg.it/ Official website ]
*[http://www.viviardesio.it/cultura/museo-etnografico-alta-valseriana/ Ethnographic Museum of Ardesio and Alta Valseriana]
*[http://digilander.libero.it/tdsotm2/ Coat of arms of Ardesio]

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{{Province of Bergamo}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Lombardy]]


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