Bagno di Gavorrano

Frazione in Tuscany, Italy

42°56′22″N 10°53′18″E / 42.93944°N 10.88833°E / 42.93944; 10.88833Country

ItalyRegion

TuscanyProvinceGrosseto (GR)ComuneGavorranoElevation

40 m (130 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total3,451DemonymBagnesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

58023

Bagno di Gavorrano is a small town in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Gavorrano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 3,022.^[1]

Geography

Bagno is about 35 km from Grosseto and 3 km from Gavorrano, and it is situated in the plain below the hill of Monte d'Alma, next to the Via Aurelia highway. Bagno, which means bath, was a thermal village until the 1950s.

Main sights

San Giuseppe Lavoratore (20th century), main parish church of the village,^[2] it was designed by engineer Ernesto Ganelli and consecrated in 1957.^[3]

Sports

The Stadio Romeo Malservisi, which hosts the games of local soccer team U.S. Gavorrano, is situated in Bagno.

References

^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Istat.
^ (in Italian) Parish of San Giuseppe, CEI official site.
^ Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Nuova Immagine, Siena, 1995, p. 69.

Bibliography

Bernardino Lotti, La sorgente termale del Bagno di Gavorrano in provincia di Grosseto, Bollettino del R. Ufficio Geologico d'Italia, Vol.LVI n.4, Roma, 1931.