Ponteranica

Ponteranica
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Bergamo  (BG)
Local name	Poltranga or Put de Ranga
Coordinates	45 ° 44 '  N , 9 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 '0 "  N , 9 ° 39' 0"  E
height	245  m slm
surface	34 km²
Residents	6,812 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	200 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	24010
prefix	035
ISTAT number	016169
Popular name	Ponteranichesi
Patron saint	Pantaleon
Website	Ponteranica

Ponteranica is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 6812 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Bergamo in Lombardy . It borders directly on the provincial capital Bergamo . Strada Statale 470 runs through the municipality.

View of Ponteranica

Ponteranica lies on the Maresena , a small elevation (formerly Monte Torsillio ). The area, which is mainly forested with chestnut trees, is part of the Parco dei Colli di Bergamo . The Morla river has its source in the municipality .

Ponteranica was already known as a Lombard settlement ( Poltraniga ).

A building of greater importance is the Church of Saints Vincent and Alexander, built in the 15th century. It contains paintings by the artist Lorenzo Lotto from 1525/27.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Augusto Taiocchi (1950–2010), motorcycle racer

Other personalities associated with Ponteranica

• Simone Moro (October 27, 1967) extreme mountaineer

Individual evidence

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