Lenta (Piedmont)

Lenta
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Vercelli  (VC)
Coordinates	45 ° 33 '  N , 8 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 33 '0 "  N , 8 ° 23' 0"  E
surface	19 km²
Residents	813 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	43 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	13035
prefix	0163
ISTAT number	002068

Lenta is a municipality with 813 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Vercelli (VC), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Carpignano Sesia , Gattinara , Ghemme , Ghislarengo and Rovasenda .

The municipality covers an area of ​​19 km² .

About three kilometers west of the town of Lenta there is a large military depot ( ⊙ ) in a forest , in which several thousand armored vehicles, battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers and the like were parked after the end of the Cold War and then only very slowly disposed of or sold. The depot is considered to be the largest "tank cemetery" in Italy.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ L'Espresso, March 19, 2015