Bagnone

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Bagnone
Comune
Comune di Bagnone
Bagnone
Location of Bagnone in Italy
Coordinates: 44°18′55″N 9°59′44″E / 44.31528°N 9.99556°E / 44.31528; 9.99556Coordinates: 44°18′55″N 9°59′44″E / 44.31528°N 9.99556°E / 44.31528; 9.99556
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Province Massa and Carrara (MS)
Frazioni Biglio, Canale, Canneto, Castiglione del Terziere, Collesino, Compione, Corlaga, Corvarola, Darbia, Gabbiana, Groppo, Iera, Lusana, Mochignano, Nola, Orturano, Pastina, Pieve, Treschietto, Vico, Vico Canneto, Vico Chiesa, Vico Monterole, Vico Valle
Government
  Mayor Gianfranco Lazzeroni
Area
  Total 73.8 km2 (28.5 sq mi)
Population (31 May 2007)[1]
  Total 1,945
  Density 26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 54021
Dialing code 0187
Website Official website

Bagnone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa in the Lunigiana, facing the Monte Sillara (1,861 m). The communal territory is crossed by the Bagnone torrent, a left affluence of the Magra River.

Sights include the castle, the churches of San Niccolò (rebuilt in the 18th century, including a 15th-century Madonna del Pianto from the medieval edifice) and San Leonardo (1785) and the oratory of San Terenzio (housing 17th-century paintings).

On Saturday 22 August 2009, Ugo Verni, a player from Bagnone won an estimated 146.9 million (£128 million / US$211 million) in Italy's SuperEnalotto.[2] This is thought to be Europe's biggest ever lottery win, and is one of the biggest wins ever anywhere.[2]

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Winner picked in £128m lotto MSN News. Published 23 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.



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