Mignanego is a municipality of the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 11 km north of Genoa in the northeastern part of the Val Polcevera valley.

Geography

Mignanego borders the following municipalities: Busalla, Campomorone, Fraconalto, Genoa, Savignone, Serra Riccò and Voltaggio (this one in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont). It contains four hamlets (frazioni) — Fumeri, Giovi, Montanesi, and Paveto — and eight other villages (località): Barriera, Costagiutta, Migliarina, Pile, Ponte dell'Acqua, Ponterosso, Vetrerie, and Vittoria. Vetrerie is the most populated village and the municipal seat; it is sometimes identified simply as Mignanego.