Ghedi

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Ghedi
coat of arms
Ghedi (Italy)
Ghedi
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Brescia  (BS)
Local name Ghét
Coordinates 45 ° 24 ′  N , 10 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  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

Commons : Ghedi  - 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.
  2. ↑ 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]).