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.