Tartano

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Tartano
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Tartano (Italy)
Tartano
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Local name Tarts
Coordinates 46 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 6 '37 "  N , 9 ° 40' 55"  E
height 1210  m slm
surface 47.4 km²
Residents 195 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 4 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23010
prefix 0342
ISTAT number 014064
Popular name Tartanoli
Patron saint Barnabas ( June 11 )
Website Tartano
Tartano municipality in the province of Sondrio

Tartano is a municipality ( comune ) in the Italian province ( Lombardy ) with 195 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Valtellina .

geography

The municipality of Tartano is located in a side valley of the Valtellina, the Val Tartano . The Val Tartano is divided into two main valleys, the Val Lunga and the Val Corta . The Val Corta divides at Barbera into the Val Budria and the Val di Lemma.

The municipality is located about 16 kilometers west-southwest of Sondrio at the Parco delle Orobie Valtellinesi and borders directly on the province of Bergamo . The neighboring communities are Albaredo per San Marco , Foppolo (BG), Forcola , Fusine , Mezzoldo (BG), Talamona and Valleve (BG).

history

The municipality of Tartano was one of the most severely affected by the flood disaster in the summer of 1987. On July 18th, the Hotel La Quiete was destroyed by a mud and debris avalanche. In the disaster, 11 tourists died and there were injured. Together with the landslide in Valdisotto , the storm left 53 victims and dozens of places destroyed.

Attractions

Ponte nel Cielo, Campo Tartano

On September 22, 2018, the Bridge in Heaven ( Ponte nel cielo ) was inaugurated in Campo (Campo Tartano, about 1000 m above sea level ). The Tibetan footbridge is 234 meters long and 140 meters above the river bed of the Tartano River. It connects the hamlet of Campo with the town of Frasnino , on the other side of the Val Tartano valley .

literature

  • Tartano on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Tartano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ laprovinciadisondrio.it of September 22, 2018: "Ponte nel cielo, in fila per sognare"