Corte Franca

Corte Franca
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Coordinates	45 ° 37 ′  N , 9 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  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

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Town twinning ( Memento November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Fife Council, accessed November 12, 2013

Web links

Commons : Corte Franca  - Collection of images, videos and audio files