Corte Franca
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Brescia (BS) | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 37 ′ N , 9 ° 58 ′ E | |
height | 220 m slm | |
surface | 14 km² | |
Residents | 7,155 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 511 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 25040 | |
prefix | 030 | |
ISTAT number | 017062 | |
Popular name | Cortefranchesi | |
Patron saint | Santi Faustino e Giovita | |
Website | Brescia |
Corte Franca is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 7155 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 21 kilometers northwest of Brescia , about 25 kilometers east-southeast of Bergamo and about 3.5 kilometers south of Lake Iseo in Franciacorta . The administrative headquarters are in the Timoline district .
history
The community was formed in 1929 from the individual communities Borgonato , Colombaro , Nigoline Bonomelli and Timoline . Corte Franca has been twinned with the Scottish town of Aberdour since July 2004 .
Personalities
- Geremia Bonomelli (1831-1914), Bishop of Cremona
traffic
The community has two train stations. The stop in the Borgonato district also serves as a siding for the municipality of Adro , while the Timoline train station is in the neighboring municipality of Provaglio d'Iseo on the Cremona – Iseo railway line .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Town twinning ( Memento November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Fife Council, accessed November 12, 2013