Gussago (Lombardy)

Gussago
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Gösàc / Güsàc
Coordinates	45 ° 36 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 36 '0 "  N , 10 ° 9' 0"  E
height	190  m slm
surface	25 km²
Residents	16,719 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	669 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25064
prefix	030
ISTAT number	017081
Popular name	Gussaghesi
Patron saint	Santa Maria
Website	Gussago

Gussago (in the dialect Güsàch ) is a municipality with 16,719 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Brescia (BS), Lombardy region .

The neighboring municipalities are Brescia , Cellatica , Concesio , Castegnato , Brione , Ome and Rodengo Saiano .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 190  m slm

From 1907 to 1953, Gussago was connected to Brescia by a tram that passed through Cellatica.

sons and daughters of the town

• Camillo Togni (1922–1993), composer, pianist and music teacher
• Guido Bontempi (* 1960), former racing cyclist

People associated with the city

• Angelo Inganni (1807–1880), an Italian genre, architecture and portrait painter, lived in Gussago in the evening of his life

Individual evidence

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