Gavignano

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Gavignano
Comune di Gavignano
Gavignano is located in Italy
Gavignano
Gavignano
Location o Gavignano in Italy
Coordinates: 41°42′N 13°3′E / 41.700°N 13.050°E / 41.700; 13.050
KintraItaly
RegionLazio
ProvinceRome (RM)
FrazioniRossilli
Area
 • Total14.89 km2 (5.75 sq mi)
Elevation
404 m (1,325 ft)
Population
 (31 Mey 2002)[1]
 • Total1,993
 • Density130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Gavignanesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
00030
Diallin code06
ISTAT code058041
Patron sauntSt. Roch
Saunt day16 August

Gavignano is a hill top toun o 1,982 inhabitants in the Province o Roum, Lazio, central Italy. Gavignano is approximately 50 km sooth east o Roum in the Lepini Muntains.

The name o the toun is believit tae be derivit frae the Roman consul an general Aulus Gabinius, a friend o Pompey an ally o Julius Caesar.

The nearest train station is locatit in the toun o Colleferro. Nearbi, athin the communal territory, is a airchaeological steid o a Roman villa frae the Republican era, the villa "Rossilli", believit tae be a kintra hame o the Julii faimily. At Rossilli thare is a historical abbey an aw, biggit bi the Benedictines in the 12t century.

Pape Innocent III wis born thare in 1160.

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  1. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)