Sant'Omobono Terme explained

Sant’Omobono Terme
Official Name:Comune di Sant’Omobono Terme
Coordinates:45.8167°N 41°W
Region:Lombardy
Province:Bergamo (BG)
Frazioni:Cepino, Mazzoleni, Selino Alto, Selino Basso (communal seat), Valsecca
Mayor:Manzoni Sauro Ivo[1]
Area Total Km2:10.8
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:3978
Population As Of:31 January 2014
Population Demonym:Santomobonesi
Elevation M:427
Postal Code:24038
Area Code:035

Sant'Omobono Terme (previously Sant'Omobono Imagna; Bergamasque: Sant' Imbù)[3] is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50km (30miles) northeast of Milan and about 15km (09miles) northwest of Bergamo.

Sant' Omobono Imagna borders the following municipalities: Bedulita, Berbenno, Brembilla, Corna Imagna, Costa Valle Imagna, Roncola, Rota d'Imagna. The former commune of Valsecca was merged with Sant'Omobono in 2014.

Origins of the name

The toponym originates from the patron saint of the fraction of Mazzoleni,[4] which composes the commune together with Cepino, Selino Alto, Selino Basso, and Valsecca.

The commune of Sant'Omobono Imagna was constituted in 1927 with the aggregation of the communes of Mazzoleni and Falghera, Cepino and Selino. Thanks to a regional law of August 2004, the name was changed from Sant'Omobono Imagna to Sant'Omobono Terme.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comune di Sant'Omobono Terme.
  2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. AA. VV., Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani, Milano, Garzanti, 1996, p. 601.
  4. Web site: Comune di Sant'Omobono Terme.