Piazzatorre

Piazzatorre
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Bergamo  (BG)
Local name	Piassatór
Coordinates	46 ° 0 ′  N , 9 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  E
height	868  m slm
surface	23 km²
Residents	394 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	24010
prefix	0345
ISTAT number	016165
Popular name	Piazzatorresi
Patron saint	James the Elder
Website	Piazzatorre

Piazzatorre

Piazzatorre is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 394 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Bergamo in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 35 kilometers north of Bergamo and about 70 kilometers northeast of Milan . The Torcole ski area is located here .

The community was mentioned in a document in 1185 and was already called Plazatorro as a square with a tower . Today the place lives primarily from ski tourism.

Individual evidence

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