Gardone Val Trompia is a town and comune

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:...

in the province of Brescia

Province of Brescia

The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...

, in Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

. It is bounded by other communes of Marcheno

Marcheno

Marcheno is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. The comune is bounded by other communes of Tavernole sul Mella, Lodrino, Gardone Val Trompia and Lumezzane. It is located in the Trompia valley....

 and Sarezzo

Sarezzo

Sarezzo is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Lumezzane, Villa Carcina, Polaveno, Gardone Val Trompia. It is located in the Trompia valley, and its population in 2006 was 11 652...

. It is located in the Trompia

Trompia

The Valle Trompia is a valley in northern Italy, running from the Tre Valli massif to the plain of Brescia. It shows no sign of glacial geomorphologic activity and includes the Mella river....

 valley. It is well-known for being the base of the major small arms manufacturers FAMARS

FAMARS

FAMARS, or Fabbrica Armi d’Abbiatico e Salvinelli, is an Italian gunmaker that manufactures bespoke shotguns and rifles. The company is best known for its patented detachable-lock designs and handcrafted woodwork and engraving...

 and Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta

Beretta

Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta is an Italian firearms manufacturer. Their firearms are used worldwide for a variety of civilian, law enforcement, and military purposes. It is also known for manufacturing shooting clothes and accessories. Beretta is the oldest active firearms manufacturer in the...

. Among several regional makers of replica black powder firearms (A. Uberti, Srl., Chiappa Firearms

Chiappa Firearms

Chiappa Firearms is an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Brescia, Italy. It was founded in 1958 by Ezechiele Chiappa as Armi Sport. Total unit production is around 60,000 per year. Its U.S. headquarters are in Dayton, Ohio. Chiappa is to put RFID tracking chips into their firearms...

) the Davide Pedersoli

Davide Pedersoli

Davide Pedersoli & C. is an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Gardone, Italy. It was founded in 1957 by Davide Pedersoli.Davide Pedersoli specializes in CNC-engineered black powder weapon replicas for hunting, marksmanship and reenactment. Its weapons normally are more expensive than...

company leads in production of over 75 types of historical black powder muzzle loading and breech loading firearms and is also known as the dominant brand in black powder shooting competitions world wide. Gardone received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on September 21, 2001.