Corteno Golgi
Còrten | |
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| Comune di Corteno Golgi | |
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Location of Corteno Golgi  | |
  Corteno Golgi Location of Corteno Golgi in Italy  Corteno Golgi Corteno Golgi (Lombardy) | |
| 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 (Italian: [ˈkorteno ˈɡɔldʒi]; Camunian: Còrten [ˈkɔrtɛn]) is an Italian village and comune (municipality) in the Val Camonica area of central Alps in northern Italy, administratively in the province of Brescia, Lombardy.
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Formerly known as simply Corteno, the name of the village was changed in 1956 after the memory of scientist Camillo Golgi, who was born there in 1843 and was the first Italian to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. The town houses a museum dedicated to his work.
- ^ "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