Castiglion Fibocchi
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Country | Italy | |
region | Tuscany | |
province | Arezzo (AR) | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 32 ' N , 11 ° 46' E | |
height | 300 m slm | |
surface | 25.68 km² | |
Residents | 2,125 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 83 inhabitants / km² | |
prefix | 0575 | |
ISTAT number | 051011 | |
Popular name | Castiglionesi | |
Patron saint | San Pietro (June 29) | |
Website | Castiglion Fibocchi municipality | |
Panorama of Castiglion Fibocchi |
Castiglion Fibocchi is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 2125 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo .
geography
The place extends over around 26 km² . It is located about 10 km northwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and 60 km southeast of the regional capital Florence . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 2 093 GG. The Torrente Bregine , a right tributary of the Arno , is an important body of water for the place. He spends 7 of his 11 km in the municipality.
Gello Biscardo (489 m, approx. 30 inhabitants) is one of its districts (frazioni ).
The neighboring municipalities are Arezzo , Capolona , Laterina Pergine Valdarno , Loro Ciuffenna , Talla and Terranuova Bracciolini .
Attractions
- Palazzo Comunale , town hall
- Chiesa di San Pietro e Sant'Ilario , already mentioned in 1304 church in the town center.
- Chiesa di San Pietro in Pezzano , 1232 consecrated church outside the town center. Was renovated in 1583.
- Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church from the 14th century in the district of Gello Biscardo.
- Pieve di San Quirico in Alfiano , also called San Quirico Sopr'Arno , Pieve mentioned as early as 1131 .
Community partnerships
There has been a partnership with the French municipality of Veurey-Voroize in the Isère department since 1991 .
Transport links
- Road: The main road Via Setteponti (SP 1) connects the town with the provincial capital Arezzo and the other surrounding towns, and the Valdarno junction of the A1 / E 35 autostrada from Milan to Naples can be reached via Via Setteponti.
- Rail: From Arezzo there are train connections to all major cities, such as Florence and Rome .
- Airplane: the nearest airports of interest are in Florence , Forlì (Bologna) and Pisa .
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: CASTIGLION FIBOCCHI (Castellio de filiis Bocchi) nel Val d'Arno aretino. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian) on Castiglion Fiorentino
- Arezzo and especially the landscape of the northern Pratomagno Mountains around Gello Biscardo and Castiglion Fibocchi are scenes from Walter Kappacher's Tuscany novel Selina or The Other Life .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on March 7, 2015 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
- ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the waters in Castiglion Fibocchi , accessed on March 7, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Arezzo, accessed on March 7, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ a b c d Official website of the municipality on the buildings in Castiglion Fibocchi , accessed on March 7, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ Kappacher, Walter: Selina or the other life. Dtv, Munich 2009.