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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Concesio
| official_name       = Comune di Concesio
| native_name         = 
| image_skyline       = Concesio_-_Chiesa_della_Pieve.jpg
| imagesize           = 300px
| image_alt           = 
| image_caption       = Concesio
| image_shield        = Concesio-Stemma.png
| shield_alt          = 
| image_map           = 
| map_alt             = 
| map_caption         = 
| pushpin_label_position = 
| pushpin_map     = Italy Lombardy#Italy
| coordinates         = {{coord|45|36|N|10|13|E|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = [[Lombardy]]
| province            = [[Province of Brescia|Brescia]] (BS)
| frazioni            = Artignago, Cà De Bosio, Campagnole, Costorio, Pieve, Roncaglie, Sant'Andrea, San Vigilio, Stocchetta 
| mayor_party         = Democratic Party
| mayor               = Stefano Retali 
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 19
| 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=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>
| population_total    = 15087
| population_as_of    = 2011
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Concesiani
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 216
| twin1               = 
| twin1_country       = 
| saint               = [[Roch|St. Roch]]<br>[[Pope Paul VI|St. Paul VI]]
| day                 = 16 August<br>26 September
| postal_code         = 25062
| area_code           = 030
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Concesio''' ([[Brescian]]: {{lang|lmo|Consés}}; [[Val Trompia|locally]] {{lang|lmo|Conhè}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Brescia]], in [[Lombardy]] in [[Trompia]] valley.  It is located {{convert|8.2|km}} north of [[Brescia]] and {{convert|6.8|km}} south of [[Sarezzo]]. Concesio is located in the lower [[Val Trompia]], at the foot of [[Monte Spina]]. The comune is bounded by other communes of [[Brescia]], [[Bovezzo]], [[Lumezzane]], [[Villa Carcina]], [[Gussago]] and [[Collebeato]].

It is the birthplace of Giovanni Battista Montini, who was [[Pope]] (1963&ndash;78) under the name of [[Pope Paul VI|Paul VI]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heston |first1=Edward Louis |title=Saint Paul VI Biography, Second Vatican Council, & Legacy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blessed-Paul-VI |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=5 May 2025 |language=en |date=25 April 2025}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Giovanni Battista Montini]] (1897), became Pope Paul VI
* [[Mario Balotelli]] (1990), footballer

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