Sarezzo
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Sarezzo is a 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 Lumezzane
Lumezzane
Lumezzane is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It has a population of 24,304 inhabitants and is the second-largest town in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a small Valley next to the Trompia Valley.It is important because of its...

, Villa Carcina
Villa Carcina
Villa Carcina is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Concesio and Sarezzo. It is part of the Trompia valley.-External links:*...

, Polaveno
Polaveno
Polaveno is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Sarezzo, Iseo, Ome and Sulzano....

, Gardone Val Trompia
Gardone Val Trompia
Gardone Val Trompia is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Marcheno and Sarezzo. It is located in the Trompia valley. It is well-known for being the base of the major small arms manufacturers FAMARS and Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta....

. 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, and its population in 2006 was 11 652. The 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:...

is made of four frazioni (villages): Sarezzo, Zanano, Ponte Zanano, and Noboli, although today, as in many other areas of Europe, these have grown into each other and there is no visible distinction. Indeed Sarezzo, 13 km from the city centre of Brescia, is today part its urban area (population 350,000).

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http://www.sarezzo.eu/ The web portal of Sarezzo
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