Sesto Fiorentino

Sesto Fiorentino
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
Metropolitan city	Florence (FI)
Coordinates	43 ° 50 ′ N , 11 ° 12 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E
height	55 m slm
surface	49 km²
Residents	49,158 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,003 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	50019
prefix	055
ISTAT number	048043
Popular name	Sestesi
Patron saint	Martin of Tours; (November 11th)
Website	Sesto Fiorentino
	; Sesto Fiorentino, the town hall

Sesto Fiorentino is an Italian municipality with 49,158 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Florence area in the Tuscany region .

geography

Sesto is located northwest of Florence at the entrance to a plain that is now intensively used for agriculture and industry, the Area vasta . As an extension of this line you come across Prato and Pistoia . The neighboring municipalities are Calenzano , Campi Bisenzio , Fiesole , Florence and Vaglia .

history

The area has been inhabited for 5000 years. Since the 7th century BC. the Etruscans lived here, the tombs of la Montagnola and la Mula attest to this.

The name Sesto Fiorentino comes from Roman times, meaning the sixth mile from the center of Florence ( Sextus ab urbe lapis ) along the main road that eventually leads to Pistoia and Lucca .

The first churches were built in the early Middle Ages, of which the Pieve di San Martino is the most important.

In 1735 Carlo Ginori founded the renowned porcelain factory ( Manifattura di Doccia ), one of the first in Europe.

In the period after the end of the war, Sesto grew strongly and merged with the urban area of Florence. In the district of Osmannoro there is a significant concentration of trade and services, and part of the University of Florence also has its campus here.