Montespertoli
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Tuscany | |
| Metropolitan city | Florence (FI) | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 39 ' N , 11 ° 4' E | |
| height | 257 m slm | |
| surface | 125 km² | |
| Residents | 13,432 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 107 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 50025 | |
| prefix | 0571 | |
| ISTAT number | 048030 | |
| Popular name | Montespertolesi | |
| Patron saint |
Sant'Andrea Apostolo (November 30th) |
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| Website | Montespertoli | |
 Panorama of Montespertoli |
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Montespertoli is an Italian municipality with 13,432 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Tuscany region .
geography
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The community extends over about 125 km². It is located around 28 km southwest of the provincial and regional capital of Florence in Chianti and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2158 GG. The northeastern municipal boundary is the Pesa River .
The districts include Aliano, Anselmo, Baccaiano, Botinaccio, Castiglioni, Convento, Fornace, Fornacette, Ghisone, Gigliola, Il Pino II, Il Poggio, La Buca, La Ripa, Le Galvane, Leoni, Lucardo, Lucignano, Martignana, Mela, Montagnana Val di Pesa, Monte Albino, Montegufoni, Ortimino, Poggio Ubertini, Polvereto, Poppiano, San Quirico in Collina, Trecento, Tresanti and Vicchio-Lungagnana.
The neighboring municipalities are Barberino Tavarnelle , Castelfiorentino , Certaldo , Empoli , Lastra a Signa , Montelupo Fiorentino , San Casciano in Val di Pesa and Scandicci .
history
The place probably originated in the Etruscan era . Located on the ancient trade route Via Volterrana between Florence, Siena and Volterra , it was connected to the Via Francigena near Certaldo and thus gained importance for trade.
Attractions
- Pieve di San Pietro in Mercato , Pieve first mentioned in the 11th century
- Castello di Montegufoni in the district of Montegufoni, also called Castello degli Ormanni (after a local family) until 1135 and destroyed by Florence in the same year . At the end of the 13th century it came into the possession of the Acciaiuoli family , who rebuilt it.
- Molino San Vincenzo , archaeological site
Community partnerships
- Caronia (ME) , Italy
- Santo Stefano di Cadore (BL) , Italy
- Épernay , France
- Neustadt an der Aisch , Germany
- Tichla , Western Sahara
Sons and daughters of the church
- Niccolò Acciaiuoli (1310-1365), statesman
- Cino Cinelli (1916–2001), cyclist and bicycle manufacturer
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana ; Online edition of the University of Siena in Montespertoli
- Giuliano Valdes: Le Terre di Leonardo e Boccaccio , Felici Editore, Pisa 2004, ISBN 88-88327-58-4 , pp. 128-135
- Touring Club Italiano : Firenze , Touring Editore, Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-365-4345-8 , p. 713 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) , accessed on November 11, 2012 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
- ↑ a b Official website of the municipality of Montespertoli , accessed on May 24, 2019 (Italian)
- ↑ toscana.indettaglio.it , accessed on January 27, 2010