Fiorano al Serio

Fiorano al Serio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Bergamo  (BG)
Local name	Fiorà
Coordinates	45 ° 48 '  N , 9 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '7 "  N , 9 ° 50' 35"  E
height	396  m slm
surface	1 km²
Residents	2,996 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,996 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	24020
prefix	035
ISTAT number	016100
Popular name	Fioranesi
Patron saint	San Giorgio
Website	Fiorano al Serio

Fiorano al Serio is a municipality in the province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy with 2996 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality belongs to the Comunità montana della Valle Seriana .

geography

Fiorano al Serio is located in the Valle Seriana at the confluence of the Romna in the Serio . The place is 15 km northeast of the provincial capital Bergamo and 60 km northeast of the metropolis of Milan.

The neighboring communities are Casnigo , Cene , Gazzaniga and Vertova .

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 840. The troops of Barbarossa subjugated the region in 1166. The village was burned down by the Guelphs in 1397 and in 1428 fell under foreign rule again. Under Napoleon Bonaparte , Fiorano al Serio fell to France in 1797 and from 1814 - after the fall of Napoleon - to Austria. This government lasted until Fiorano al Serio was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1859.

Until 1927 Fiorano was part of the Gazzaniga commune and in 1947 received complete self-government.

Web links

Commons : Fiorano al Serio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.