Gardone Val Trompia

Gardone Val Trompia
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Gardù
Coordinates	45 ° 41 ′  N , 10 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
height	282  m slm
surface	26 km²
Residents	11,559 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	445 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25063
prefix	030
ISTAT number	017075
Popular name	Gardonesi
Patron saint	S. Marco
Website	Gardone Val Trompia

Gardone Val Trompia, 1910s

Gardone Val Trompia is an Italian town with 11,559 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Val Trompia in the province of Brescia .

Gardone Val Trompia is particularly known for its traditional firearms industry. In Gardone Val Trompia there is a museum with a weapons collection . Among other things, the manufacturers of modern handguns Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta , Sabatti spa, Fratelli Tanfoglio SNC and Fabbrica Armi di Mario Abbiatico e Remo Salvinelli ( FAMARS ) have their headquarters in Gardone Val Trompia . Beretta was first mentioned in a document in 1526.

There are also a large number of manufacturers of traditional muzzle loaders such as A. Uberti, Srl. , Armi Sport de Chiappa and Davide Pedersoli & C.

In 1927 the two localities Inzino and Magno were attached to the municipality. In 2002, then Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi promoted Gardone Val Trompia to city status.

Web links

• The weapon museum (ital.)

Individual evidence

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