Gazzaniga

Gazzaniga
—  Comune  —
Comune di Gazzaniga
View of the frazione Orezzo
Gazzaniga
Location of Gazzaniga in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Bergamo (BG)
Frazioni Masserini, Orezzo
Government
 • Mayor Marco Masserini
Area
 • Total 14.7 km2 (5.7 sq mi)
Elevation 386 m (1,266 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)[1]
 • Total 5,005
 • Density 340.5/km2 (881.8/sq mi)
Demonym Gazzanighesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 24025
Dialing code 035
Patron saint St. Hyppolite of Rome
Saint day August 13

Gazzaniga is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Bergamo.

Gazzaniga borders the following municipalities: Albino, Aviatico, Cene, Cornalba, Costa di Serina, Fiorano al Serio, Vertova.

History

Traces of human presence in the Bronze Age have been found. The first document attesting the existence of a burgh dates from 476 AD, when the Barbarian king Odoacer sacked it. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Confederazione de Honio with other nearby communes; in 1397 it was destroyed by the Ghibellines, followed by the Guelphs in the next year.

Later it was a possession of the Republic of Venice. In 1629 it suffered from a plague.

Demographic evolution


References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.