Baccinello Explained

Baccinello
Coordinates:42.7906°N 11.3653°W
Province:Grosseto (GR)
Comune:Scansano
Elevation M:156
Population Total:271
Population As Of:2011
Gentilic:Baccinellini
Postal Code:58054
Area Code:(+39) 0564

Baccinello is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Scansano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 284.[1]

Baccinello is about 24 km from Grosseto and 21 km from Scansano, and it is situated in a plain in the Trasubbie valley. The village became famous because, in 1958, a complete fossilized skeleton of Oreopithecus bambolii was found in one of the lignite mines.

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  1. Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat