Corteno Golgi
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Corteno Golgi
Còrten | |
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Comune di Corteno Golgi | |
Coordinates: 46°10′1″N 10°14′40″E / 46.16694°N 10.24444°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Lombardy |
Province | Brescia (BS) |
Frazioni | Galleno, Doverio, Lombro, Megno, Ronco, San Pietro in Aprica, Sant'Antonio, Santicolo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marino Luigi Martinotta |
Area | |
• Total | 82.61 km2 (31.90 sq mi) |
Elevation | 925 m (3,035 ft) |
Population (30 June 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 1,957 |
• Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
Demonym | Cortenesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 25040 |
Dialing code | 0364 |
Website | Official website |
Corteno Golgi (pronounced [ˈkorteno ˈɡɔldʒi]; Camunian: Còrten [ˈkɔrtɛn]) is an Italian village and comune in the central Alps, in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is in the Val Camonica.
There is a museum dedicated to scientist Camillo Golgi who was born in Corteno in 1843. Golgi, after whose memory the name of the village was changed in 1956 from just Corteno to the present name, was the first Italian to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906.
Twin towns
Corteno Golgi is twinned with:
- Petilla de Aragón, Spain
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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