Gargnano
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Gargnano | ||
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 Gargnano
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| Coordinates: 45°41′20″N 10°39′50″E / 45.68889°N 10.66389°ECoordinates: 45°41′20″N 10°39′50″E / 45.68889°N 10.66389°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Lombardy | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Brescia (BS) | |
| Frazioni | Bogliaco, Costa, Fornico, Formaga, Liano, Musaga, Muslone, Navazzo, Sasso, Villa, Villavetro, Zuino | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gianfranco Scarpetta | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) | |
| Population (31 December 2011) | ||
| • Total | 3,033 | |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Gargnanesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 25084 | |
| Dialing code | 0365 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Gargnano is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Garda. The municipal territory includes the artificial Valvestino Lake, created in 1962.
The name of the village appears for the first time in a document of 937 as Garniano, perhaps derived from the Latin stem Garenius. Passages of the Roman historian Titus Livius and inscriptions on headstones testify to the presence of Etruscans, Celts, Cenomani and Romans.
From 1350 to 1426 the territory of Gargnano was a dominion of the Visconti of Milan, later a dominion of the Republic of Venice.
In 1866 Gargnano was bombarded by the Austrian navy during the fighting on Lake Garda which formed part of the Third Italian War of Independence.
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