Minucciano

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Minucciano
coat of arms
Minucciano (Italy)
Minucciano
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates 44 ° 10 '  N , 10 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 '17 "  N , 10 ° 12' 31"  E
height 697  m slm
surface 57 km²
Residents 1,918 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 55034
prefix 0583
ISTAT number 046019
Popular name Minuccianesi
Patron saint San Michele Arcangelo (September 29th)
Website Minucciano
Panorama of Minucciano
Panorama of Minucciano

Minucciano is an Italian municipality with 1918 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lucca in Tuscany .

geography

Location of the municipality of Minucciano in the province of Lucca

Minucciano is located around 45 km northwest of the provincial capital Lucca and 90 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the upper Garfagnana mountains to the right of the Serchio on the border with the province of Massa-Carrara . The highest mountain in Tuscany, Monte Pisanino, is located in the municipality . Parts of the municipality belong to the National Park of the Apuan Alps . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone F, 3 112 GG. Important bodies of water in the municipality are the Torrenti Acqua Bianca (8 of 12 km in the municipality) and Serchio di Gramolazzo (every 8 km in the municipality).

The districts include Agliano, Albiano, Antognano, Canepaia, Carpinelli, Castagnola, Foresto, Gorfigliano, Gramolazzo, Metra, Pieve San Lorenzo, Pugliano, Sermezzana and Verrucolette.

The neighboring municipalities are Camporgiano , Casola in Lunigiana ( MS ), Fivizzano (MS), Massa (MS), Piazza al Serchio , Sillano Giuncugnano and Vagli Sotto .

history

The main town of Minucciano emerged from a medieval fortress, of which a tower and parts of the wall are still preserved today.

Attractions

  • Pieve di San Lorenzo , Pieve in the Pieve San Lorenzo district
  • Chiesa di San Jacopo , church in Pugliano
  • Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Giuda , church in the Castagnola district
  • Eremo della Beata Vergine del Soccorso , hermitage just outside the town center

economy

The most important industry today is marble quarrying , which has existed on a larger scale since the 20th century. Before that, agriculture was mainly done.

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: MINUCCIANO in Garfagnana (Minuccianum) sul principio della Valle del Serchio. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, ital.)

Web links

Commons : Minucciano  - 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. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) , accessed on March 16, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Minucciano , accessed on March 16, 2016 (Italian)