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Vicchio

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

Coat of arms

Vicchio within the Province of Florence

Location of Vicchio

43°56′N 11°28′E / 43.933°N 11.467°E / 43.933; 11.467CountryItalyRegionTuscanyMetropolitan city Florence (FI)FrazioniAmpinana, Arsella, Barbiana, Boccagnello, Bovino, Bricciana, Campestri, Casole, Cistio, Cuccino, Farneto, Gattaia, Gracchia, Mirandola, Molezzano, Mulinuccio, Padule, Paterno, Piazzano, Pilarciano, Pimaggiore, Ponte a Vicchio, Rossoio, Rostolena, Rupecanina, Scopeto, Uliveta, Vespignano, Vezzano, Villore, Zufolana^[1]Government

• MayorRoberto IzzoArea

^[2]

• Total139.0 km² (53.7 sq mi)Elevation

203 m (666 ft)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total8,105 • Density58/km² (150/sq mi)DemonymVicchiesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

50039

Dialing code055Patron saintSt. John the BaptistSaint dayJune 24WebsiteOfficial website

Vicchio is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Florence. As of 2016, it had a population of 8,105 and an area of 139.0 square kilometres (53.7 sq mi).^[3]

Geography

Vicchio borders the municipalities of Borgo San Lorenzo, Dicomano, Marradi and Pontassieve.^[4] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Ampinana, Arsella, Barbiana, Boccagnello, Bovino, Bricciana, Campestri, Casole, Cistio, Cuccino, Farneto, Gattaia, Gracchia, Mirandola, Molezzano, Mulinuccio, Padule, Paterno, Piazzano, Pilarciano, Pimaggiore, Ponte a Vicchio, Rossoio, Rostolena, Rupecanina, Scopeto, Uliveta, Vespignano, Vezzano, Villore and Zufolana.^[1]

Demographics

Gallery

Piazza Giotto in the town centre
Church of San Lorenzio in Villore
Ponte a Vicchio
Cimabue bridge in Vespignano

Personalities

Many famous Italian painters were born near Vicchio: Giotto (in the frazione of Colle di Vespignano), Fra Angelico (at Rupecanina), Giovanni Malesci, Rutilio Muti, Armeno Mattioli and Foresto Marianini. There is a 3.2 meter statue of Giotto in Vicchio's central square, the Piazza di Giotto.^[5] It was also the birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lully (Baptized Giovanni Battista Lulli), who would become the founder of the French opera tradition.
Two victims of the Monster of Florence (killed nearby the town in 1984), Pia Rontini and Claudio Stefanacci, were citizens of Vicchio.

Twin cities

Tolmin, Slovenia, since 1981

References

^ ^a ^b (in Italian) Municipal statute of Vicchio
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b (in Italian) Source: Istat 2016
^ 42720 (x a j h) Vicchio on OpenStreetMap
^ "Statua di Giotto". Retrieved July 15, 2015.