Gazzaniga (Lombardy)

Gazzaniga
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Bergamo  (BG)
Local name	Gagianiga
Coordinates	45 ° 48 '  N , 9 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '0 "  N , 9 ° 50' 0"  E
height	-343  m slm
surface	14 km²
Residents	5,006 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	358 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	24025
prefix	035
ISTAT number	016111
Popular name	Gazzanighesi
Patron saint	Sant'Ippolito
Website	Gazzaniga

Gazzaniga ( Gagieniga in Lombard) is an Italian commune in the province of Bergamo in the Lombardy region with 5006 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Gazzaniga is located 15 km northeast of the provincial capital Bergamo and 60 km northeast of the metropolis of Milan.

The neighboring municipalities are Albino , Aviatico , Cene , Cornalba , Costa Serina , Fiorano al Serio and Vertova .

history

Traces of human life in the area around Gazzaniga can be traced back to the Bronze Age . A parish is first mentioned in 476, when the barbarian ruler Odoacer conquered it. In 1397, the place was destroyed by the Ghibellines , before the Guelphs ransacked the village just a year later . Later Gazzaniga belonged to the Republic of Venice .

Sons and daughters

• Marco Bordogni (1789-1856), opera singer (tenor)
• Franco Cuter (1940–2019), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Grajaú in Brazil
• Paolo Lanfranchi (* 1968), racing cyclist
• Giuseppe Guerini (* 1970), racing cyclist
• Paolo Rudelli (* 1970), Roman Catholic clergyman, archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See
• Fabio Pasini (* 1980), cross-country skier
• Pietro Guerini (* 1982), grass skier
• Glenda Adami (* 1984), grass skier

Web links

Commons : Gazzaniga  - 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.