Villa Carcina

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Villa Carcina
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Villa Carcina (Italy)
Villa Carcina
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Brescia  (BS)
Local name Vila Carsina
Coordinates 45 ° 38 ′  N , 10 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E
height 214  m slm
surface 14.41 km²
Residents 10,766 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 747 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 25069
prefix 030
ISTAT number 017199
Patron saint Anthony (Cogozzo), Archangel Michael (Cailina), Anthony of Padua (Pregno), Emilianus of Ireland and Tirso (Villa), James the Elder (Carcina)
Website Villa Carcina

Villa Carcina is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 10,766 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 11 kilometers north-northwest of Brescia in the Val Trompia , from which the Mella rises. The shortest distance to Lake Iseo is just over 9 kilometers to the northwest. The surrounding mountains have a height of about 1,000 meters.

history

The community was founded in 1928 as a merger of today's districts.

Personalities

  • Paolo Bossini , swimmer (2004 European champion over 200 meters)

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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