Vobarno
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Brescia (BS) | |
Local name | Boar | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ' N , 10 ° 30' E | |
height | 245 m slm | |
surface | 53.2 km² | |
Residents | 8,223 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 155 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 25079 | |
prefix | 0365 | |
ISTAT number | 017204 | |
Popular name | Vobarnesi | |
Patron saint | Madonna della Rocca | |
Website | Vobarno |
Vobarno is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 8223 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Val Sabbia in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 24 kilometers northwest of Brescia near Lake Garda (about 6 kilometers to the west bank) at the Parco dell'Alto Garda Bresciano . The municipality belongs to the Comunità Montana della Valle Sabbia . The Chiese flows here through the Val Sabbia.
history
In the Middle Ages Vobarno belonged as a fief to the Bishop of Brescia, who had to enforce his claims at least twice by force. From 1454 Vobarno became part of the Republic of Venice , only to come under Habsburg rule in 1797 after Napoleon's victory.
The Rezzato -Vobarno railway line built in 1897 (electrified: 1927) was decommissioned in the late 1960s.
Parish partnership
Vobarno has had a partnership with the Hungarian city of Sümeg in Veszprém county since 2008 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Sarenco (1945–2017), visual poet, cultural organizer, publisher and filmmaker
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.