Orzinuovi

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Comune di Orzinuovi
Coat of arms of Comune di Orzinuovi
Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Brescia (BS)
Mayor Roberto Faustinelli (since June 14, 2004[1])
Elevation 81 m (266 ft)
Area 48 km² (19 sq mi)
Population (as of December 31], 2004)
 - Total 11,641
 - Density 243/km² (629/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 45°24′12″N, 9°55′30″E[2]
Gentilic Orceani
Dialing code 030
Postal code 25034
Frazioni Barco, Pudiano, Ovanengo, Coniolo
Patron St. Bartholomew
 - Day August 24
Website: www.orzinuovi.it

Orzinuovi is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy.

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[edit] History

It was founded in 1193 as a boundary fortress with a statute of the commune of Brescia, with the name of "Orci Novi". Its history thenceforth closely follows that of Brescia, therefore sharing the Venetian dominion from 1466 until Venice's demise in 1797. It then was part of Napoleon's Italian states until 1815, then within Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia ( part of the Austrian Empire) until the Second Italian Independence War. From 1860 it has been part of Italy/Kingdom of Italy.

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  • [1], maps of Orzinuovi

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