Poggio a Caiano

Poggio a Caiano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Prato (PO)
Coordinates	43 ° 49 ' N , 11 ° 3' E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '53 " N , 11 ° 3' 6" E
height	45 m slm
surface	6 km²
Residents	10,096 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,683 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	59016
prefix	055
ISTAT number	100004
Popular name	Poggesi
Patron saint	Madonna del Rosario (October 7th)
Website	Poggio a Caiano
	; Poggio a Caiano with Villa Medici

Poggio a Caiano is an Italian municipality with 10,096 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Tuscan province of Prato .

geography

Poggio a Caiano is 9 km south of the provincial capital Prato . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 1 732 GG. One of the most important bodies of water in the municipality is the Ombrone Pistoiese , which flows through the place over a length of two kilometers.

The districts include Bonistallo, Petraia, Poggetto and Santa Cristina in Pilli.

The neighboring municipalities are Campi Bisenzio ( FI ), Carmignano , Prato and Signa (FI).

Medici Villa Poggio a Caiano

Attractions

In Poggio a Caiano Lorenzo il Magnifico had Giuliano da Sangallo build the splendid Villa Medici from 1485 , which is now open to the public.

economy

In Poggio a Caiano, the DOCG wine Carmignano and the DOC wines Barco Reale di Carmignano and Vin Santo di Carmignano are grown.

Town twinning

Since 1977 there has been a partnership between Poggio a Caiano and Charlottesville in the state of Virginia, USA.

Born in the church

Filippo Mazzei (1730-1816), Italian-American diplomat
Armando Spadini (1883–1925), painter

literature

Emanuele Repetti: CAJANO (POGGIO A) in Val d'Ombrone pistojese In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Poggio a Caiano - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 6, 2014 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Poggio a Caiano , accessed on November 6, 2014 (Italian)
↑ Congregation website , accessed January 20, 2018

[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 6, 2014 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)

[3] Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Poggio a Caiano , accessed on November 6, 2014 (Italian)

[4] Congregation website , accessed January 20, 2018