Villa Basilica

Villa Basilica
Villa Basilica
Comune
	Comune di Villa Basilica
	Panorama of Villa Basilica
	Coat of arms
	Location of Villa Basilica
	Villa Basilica Location of Villa Basilica in Italy Villa Basilica Villa Basilica (Tuscany)
	Coordinates: 43°55′N 10°39′E / 43.917°N 10.650°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Lucca (LU)
Frazioni	Barbagliana, Biecina, Botticino, Boveglio, Capornano, Colognora, Distendino, Duomo, Guzzano, Pariana, Pracando, Ponte a Villa, Pontoro
Government
• Mayor	Giordano Ballini
Area
• Total	36.57 km2 (14.12 sq mi)
Elevation	330 m (1,080 ft)
Population (31 March 2017)
• Total	1,596
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym	Villesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	55019
Dialing code	0572
Website	Official website

Villa Basilica is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Florence and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northeast of Lucca.

Villa Basilica borders the following municipalities: Bagni di Lucca, Borgo a Mozzano, Capannori, Pescia. Remarkable the main church, the pieve of Santa Maria Assunta

Notable people

Giulia Ammannati, mother of Galileo Galilei
Sisto Fabri (1540–1594), theologian^[4]
Antonio Franchi, Italian painter of the 17th century
Pietro Perna (1519–1582), printer and humanist

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Data from Istat
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Messina, Pietro (1993). "FABRI, Sisto". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 43: Enzo–Fabrizi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[2] Data from Istat

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-3] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[4] Messina, Pietro (1993). "FABRI, Sisto". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 43: Enzo–Fabrizi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany