Leno (Lombardy)

Leno
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Lé
Coordinates	45 ° 22 ′  N , 10 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
height	66  m slm
surface	58.64 km²
Residents	14,262 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	243 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25024
prefix	030
ISTAT number	017088
Popular name	Lenesi
Patron saint	Vitalis and Martialis
Website	Leno

Leno is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,262 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 18.5 kilometers south of Brescia . The name of the place comes from the Longobard Abbey Badia Leonense .

Personalities

• Mariastella Gelmini (* 1973), Italian politician and Minister for Education, Higher Education and Research (Il Popolo della Libertà)

Parish partnership

Leno has had an intra-Italian partnership with the municipality of Cassino in the province of Frosinone , Lazio , since 2005 .

traffic

The A21 autostrada runs through the municipality from Brescia to Cremona and Piacenza in Piedmont towards Turin . The provincial road SPBS 668 also runs through the municipality.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Leno  - collection of images, videos and audio files