Cerreto Guidi
Encyclopedia
Cerreto Guidi is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Florence
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 30 km west of Florence
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 10,126 and an area of 49.3 km².
Cerreto Guidi borders the following municipalities: Empoli
, Fucecchio
, Lamporecchio
, Larciano
, San Miniato
, Vinci
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Florence
Province of Florence
The Province of Florence is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It has an area of 3,514 sq. km and a population of 933,860 in 44 comuni....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, located about 30 km west of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 10,126 and an area of 49.3 km².
Cerreto Guidi borders the following municipalities: Empoli
Empoli
Empoli is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, about 20 km southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the latter river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The commune's territory becomes a hilly one as it departs from the river...
, Fucecchio
Fucecchio
Fucecchio is a town and comune of the province of Firenze in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the recent years their number has been decreasing because of a slight...
, Lamporecchio
Lamporecchio
Lamporecchio is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km west of Florence and about 13 km south of Pistoia...
, Larciano
Larciano
Larciano is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km west of Florence and about 13 km south of Pistoia....
, San Miniato
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and comune in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley between the valleys of Egola and Elsa...
, Vinci
Vinci, Italy
Vinci is a town and comune of Firenze province in the Italian region of Tuscany. The birthplace of Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci lies just outside the town.-Geography:The town is surrounded by the Tuscan Hills...
.