Claino con Osteno

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Claino con Osteno | official_name = Comune di Claino con Osteno | native_name = {{nativename|lmo|Scin Osten}} | image_skyline = Claino_con_Osteno.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = Claino con Osteno-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|46|0|N|9|5|E|type:city(546)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Lombardy | province = Como (CO) | frazioni = Barclaino, Rescia, Righeggia, San Lucio | mayor_party = | mayor = Alessandra De Bernardi | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 13.1 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 555 | population_as_of = 31 March 2017<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Clainesi and Ostenesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 280 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 22010 | area_code = 0344 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Claino con Osteno''' (Comasco: {{lang|lmo|Scin Osten}} {{IPA|lmo|ˌʃĩː uˈstẽː|}}) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about {{convert|60|km|mi|0}} north of Milan and about {{convert|20|km|mi|0}} north of Como. It is a small ''comune'' on Lake Lugano, composed of a series of small ''frazioni'' (hamlets): the biggest ones (Claino and Osteno) have been chosen for the municipal name.

Claino con Osteno borders the following municipalities: Alta Valle Intelvi, Laino, Ponna, Porlezza, Valsolda.

Near Osteno is a site belonging to the Moltrasio Formation, which preserves numerous late-Jurassic fossils characterized by integral fossilization such as ''Squaloraja polyspondyla''.

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