Leno, Lombardy

Leno is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,462 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. The community is located approximately 18.5 kilometers south of Brescia. The town's name derives from the Lombard abbey Badia Leonense.

Personalities

  • Maria Stella Gelmini (born 1973 ), Italian politician and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research ( Il Popolo della Libertà )

Community partnership

Leno has since 2005 an intra- Italian partnership with the municipality of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, Lazio.

Traffic

Through the village leads the A21 Autostrada Brescia on to Cremona and Piacenza to Turin Piedmont direction. Furthermore, the provincial road SPBS leads 668 by the municipality

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