Ranica

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Ranica
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Ranica (Italy)
Ranica
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Bergamo  (BG)
Local name Rànga or Ràniga
Coordinates 45 ° 44 '  N , 9 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 '0 "  N , 9 ° 43' 0"  E
height 293  m slm
surface 4.16 km²
Residents 5,966 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 1,434 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 24020
prefix 035
ISTAT number 016178
Popular name Ranichesi
Patron saint Felicitas and her sons
Website Ranica
Panorama of Ranica

Ranica is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 5966 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Bergamo in Lombardy . The municipality is part of the Parco dei Colli di Bergamo and is located about five kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Bergamo . The place lies within the Val Seriana .

The place is first mentioned in a document in 881 as Andrei de Larianica . The name probably comes from the name villa Hilarianica . Presumably the goods of Hilary were situated here.

Borgo del castello

Personalities

  • Gioachino Zopfi (1821–1889), Swiss textile entrepreneur (died in Ranica)

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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