Peccioli

Peccioli
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Pisa  (PI)
Coordinates	43 ° 33 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 33 '2 "  N , 10 ° 43' 16"  E
height	144  m slm
surface	92.60 km²
Residents	4,740 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	56037
prefix	0587
ISTAT number	050025
Popular name	Pecciolesi
Patron saint	San Verano di Cavaillon
Website	Peccioli
Panorama of Peccioli

Peccioli is an Italian commune with 4740 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of Peccioli in the province of Pisa

The municipality is located about 50 km southwest of the regional capital Florence and 35 km southeast of the provincial capital Pisa . The place is due to the era and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 1772 GG.

The districts include Cedri, Fabbrica, Ghizzano, Legoli, Libbiano, Montecchio and Montelopio.

The neighboring municipalities are Capannoli , Lajatico , Montaione ( FI ), Palaia , Terricciola and Volterra .

history

The place name has been noted under Picciole, Petiole and Pecciori since 793 and probably comes from the Latin word picea ( pine ). The Legoli district was first documented on January 22, 1139. Due to their location, the community and its districts were the scene of wars between Pisa, Lucca and Florence several times in the Middle Ages and the republic changed several times between that of the Pisans and the Fiorentine. The Kingdom of Sardinia annexed the area in 1859, and with Sardinia the place became part of the province of Tuscany with the unification of Italy.

Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in the district of Fabbrica

Attractions

• Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in the Fabbrica district, already mentioned in the 10th century, contains works by Benedetto Buglioni and Paolo Guidotti .

Events

• Coppa Sabatini , annual cycle race in October.

Awards

• The place is sponsor of the Bandiera Arancione of the TCI.

Community partnerships

• Ellhofen , Germany , since 1988

sons and daughters of the town

• Ovidio Lari (* 1919 in the Fabbrica district), bishop

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana ; Online edition of the University of Siena in Peccioli

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Peccioli
• Website on the community partnership with Ellhofen

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 November 14, 2012 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Pisa, accessed on November 14, 2012 (Italian)