Signa
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Tuscany | |
| Metropolitan city | Florence (FI) | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 47 ' N , 11 ° 6' E | |
| height | 46 m slm | |
| surface | 18.8 km² | |
| Residents | 19,018 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 1,012 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 50058 | |
| prefix | 055 | |
| ISTAT number | 048044 | |
| Popular name | Signesi | |
| Patron saint | Beata Giovanna | |
| Website | Signa | |
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Signa is a municipality in the metropolitan city of Florence with 19,018 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian region of Tuscany .
geography
Signa is located about 15 km west of Florence at the confluence of the Bisenzio river into the Arno . The Ombrone Pistoiese river forms the western border of the municipality with Carmignano .
Districts ( frazioni ) are Lecore, San Mauro a Signa, Sant'Angelo a Lecore and San Piero a Ponti.
The neighboring municipalities are Campi Bisenzio , Carmignano ( PO ), Lastra a Signa , Poggio a Caiano (PO) and Scandicci .
Culture and sights
Museums
- Museo della Paglia e dell'Intreccio "D. Michelacci" - Museum of straw processing , an important craft in Signa in the past. One product was the famous Florentine straw hats .
Churches
- Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista - Parish Church of Signa
- Chiesa di San Pietro - Church in the district of Lecore
- Chiesa di Sant'Angelo - Church in the district of Lecore
- Chiesa di San Mauro - The church in the district of San Mauro has been documented since the 13th century. A ciborium comes from the workshop of Benedetto Buglioni . A terracotta statue ( Madonna col Bambino tra San Jacopo minore e San Giovanni Evangelista ) is attributed to Luca d'Andrea della Robbia .
- Chiesa di San Miniato (13th century)
- Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello - First mentioned around the year 879, rebuilt in the 19th century
- Pieve di San Lorenzo - Pieve from the Carolingian period (866) with frescoes from the 14th century
View of the Castello
Municipio
primary school
San Giovanni Battista Church
San Mauro Church, Madonna and Child
Pieve di San Lorenzo
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Town twinning
- Maromme (France)
- Oberdrauburg (Austria)
- Longobucco (Italy)
- Tifariti (Western Sahara)
Sons and daughters of the church
- Boncompagno da Signa (approx. 1170–1250), grammarian, historian and man of letters
- Giovanna da Signa (Beata Giovanna) († 1307), patron saint of the community
- Silvano Bertini (* 1940), boxer
Web links
Commons : Signa - 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.