San Marcello Piteglio

San Marcello Piteglio
Comune
Comune di San Marcello Piteglio
Location of San Marcello Piteglio
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San Marcello Piteglio is located in Italy
San Marcello Piteglio
San Marcello Piteglio
Location of San Marcello Piteglio in Italy
San Marcello Piteglio is located in Tuscany
San Marcello Piteglio
San Marcello Piteglio
San Marcello Piteglio (Tuscany)
Coordinates: 44°03′20″N 10°47′27″E / 44.05556°N 10.79083°E / 44.05556; 10.79083
CountryItaly
RegionTuscany
ProvincePistoia (PT)
FrazioniBardalone, Calamecca, Campo Tizzoro, Crespole, Gavinana, La Lima, Lanciole, Lancisa, Limestre, Lizzano Pistoiese, Lolle, Macchia Antonini, Mammiano, Mammiano Basso, Maresca, Piteglio, Pontepetri, Popiglio, Prataccio, Prunetta, San Marcello Pistoiese (municipal seat), Spignana, Vizzaneta
Government
 • MayorLuca Marmo
Area
 • Total
134.96 km2 (52.11 sq mi)
Elevation
340 m (1,120 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2016[1])[2]
 • Total
8,099
 • Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51028
Dialing code0573
WebsiteOfficial website

San Marcello Piteglio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in Tuscany, Italy. It was created in 2016 after the merger of the former communes of San Marcello Pistoiese and Piteglio. The hamlet of Gavinana is notable for the site at which Francesco Ferrucio was captured and executed in the 16th-century, and housing the patriotic 19th-century Equestrian Monument to Ferrucio.

Science

San Marcello is home to the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory.

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.


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