Summary
Gardone Val Trompia (Brescian: Gardù de Altrompia) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is bounded by the comunes of Marcheno and Sarezzo. It is located in the Trompia valley. Gardone received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 21 September 2001.
Gardone Val Trompia
Gardù de Altrompia | |
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| Città di Gardone Val Trompia | |
 View from middle schools | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 45°41′N 10°11′E / 45.683°N 10.183°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Brescia (BS) |
| Frazioni | Inzino, Magno |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierangelo Lancelotti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.66 km2 (10.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 332 m (1,089 ft) |
| Population (30 July 2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 11,374 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Gardonesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 25063 |
| Dialing code | 030 |
| Patron saint | St. Mark |
| Saint day | 25 April |
| Website | Official website |
Commerce edit
It is home to the major small arms manufacturers FAMARS and Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta. Among several regional makers of replica black powder firearms (such as A. Uberti, Srl., and Chiappa Firearms), the Davide Pedersoli company leads in production of over 75 types of historical black powder muzzle loading and breech loading firearms and is also known as the dominant brand in black powder shooting competitions worldwide.
Twin towns edit
Gardone Val Trompia is twinned with:
Nanoro Department, Burkina Faso
People edit
- Bartolomeo Beretta (c. 1490 – c. 1565), founder of Beretta
References edit
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine