Monte Isola (Lombardy)

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Monte Isola is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1688 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy .

Monte Isola
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Monte Isola (Italy)
Monte Isola
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Brescia  (BS)
Local name Muntìsola
Coordinates 45 ° 43 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '0 "  N , 10 ° 5' 0"  E
height 262  m slm
surface 12.22 km²
Residents 1,688 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 138 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 25050
prefix 030
ISTAT number 017111
Popular name Montisolani
Patron saint Faustinus and Giovita
Website Monte Isola
View of Monte Isola

The village is located about 23 kilometers north-west of Brescia on the 4.5 square kilometer island of Monte Isola , but also includes the very small surrounding islands Isola di Loreto in the north and Isola di San Paolo in the southwest, and part of the surrounding water surface of Lake Iseo with around 7.7 km². This gives the official total area of ​​the municipality of 12.22 km². In the west, the municipality in the lake (“wet border”) borders directly on the province of Bergamo . The administrative center of the municipality is located in the district of Siviano in the northwest of the island.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Monte Isola  - Collection of images, videos and audio files