Ghedi
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Brescia (BS) | |
Local name | Ghét | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 24 ′ N , 10 ° 17 ′ E | |
height | 85 m slm | |
surface | 60 km² | |
Residents | 18,630 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 311 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 25016 | |
prefix | 030 | |
ISTAT number | 017078 | |
Popular name | Ghedesi | |
Patron saint | San Rocco | |
Website | Ghedi |
Ghedi is a municipality with 18,630 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian region of Lombardy in the province of Brescia .
geography
Neighboring communities are (clockwise) Borgosatollo and Castenedolo in the north, Montichiari in the east, Calvisano in the south-east, Gottolengo and Isorella in the south, Leno in the south-west and Bagnolo Mella and Montirone in the north-west.
Military airfield
The Ghedi military airfield of the Italian Air Force is located near Ghedi . The now civil airport of Brescia-Montichiari , located three kilometers to the east, together with the Ghedi airfield, formed one of the largest military facilities in Italy for a long time. In Ghedi is a Tornado - squadron stationed in the framework of the so-called nuclear sharing American nuclear bombs can begin. These bombs are stored in bunkers near Ghedi .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Ben Riley-Smith: European sites where US nuclear weapons held inadvertently revealed in Nato-linked document . In: The Telegraph . July 16, 2019, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed July 17, 2019]).