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Vaiano

Field	Value
name	Vaiano
official_name	Comune di Vaiano
image_skyline	Badia di San Salvatore-facade.jpg
image_caption	San salvatore Abbey-Facade in Vaiano
coordinates
region	Tuscany
province	Province of Prato (PO)
frazioni	Fabio, Faltugnano, Gamberame, La Briglia, La Cartaia, La Foresta, La Tignamica, Le Fornaci, Meretto, Parmigno, Popigliano, Savignano, San Leonardo in Collina, Schignano and Sofignano.
area_total_km2	34.11
population_footnotes
population_total	9912
population_as_of	2025
population_demonym	Vaianesi
elevation_m	150
istat		saint =
postal_code	59021
area_code	0574
website

Vaiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the region of Tuscany in Italy. It is located about 25 km northwest of Florence and about 10 km north of Prato. It has 9,912 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality of Vaiano contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Fabio, Faltugnano, Gamberame, La Briglia, La Cartaia, La Foresta, La Tignamica, Le Fornaci, Meretto, Parmigno, Popigliano, Savignano, San Leonardo in Collina, Schignano and Sofignano.

Vaiano borders the following municipalities: Barberino di Mugello, Calenzano, Cantagallo, Montemurlo, Prato.

Demographics

Architecture

Churches

San Salvatore Abbey, Vaiano in Vaiano
Chapel at the old cemetery in Vaiano
San Leonardo in Gamberame
San Leonardo in San leonardo in Collina
Chapel at the Fattoria delle Mura in Sofignano
Chapel at Villa Buonamici in San Gaudenzio
Saint Anthon oratory at Villa Vai Il Mulinaccio
San Pier Giuliano oratory in La Cartaia
Ex Church of San Leonardo in Case
San Martino in Fabio
San Martino in Schignano
San Miniato in La Briglia
San Miniato in Popigliano
Santi Andrea e Donato in Savignano
Santi Giusto e Clemente in Faltugnano
Santi Vito e Modesto in Sofignano
Santo Stefano in Parmigno

Villas

Villa vai al Mulinaccio
Villa del Bello
Villa Hall or Villa Strozzi in Meretto
Villa Buonamici in San Gaudenzio
Villa Buonamici in Savignano
Villa Fabbri Fattoria delle Mura in Sofignano

Feasts

Carnival in Vaiano February
Feast of the dust in Sofignano may
More events during the year in Villa Vai

Notable people

Teresa Meroni (1885 – 1951), worker, trade unionist, and socialist

Gallery

Image:Municipio Vaiano.jpg|Town hall in Vaiano Image:Vaiano e la Badia.jpg|Vaiano view Image:Fabbrica Forti 3.jpg|Forti manifactury in La Briglia Image:Santo Stefano in Parmigno 09.jpg|Saint Stephan church in the abandoned village of Parmigno Image:San Leonardo in Collina-la chiesa (tutto il blocco).jpg|Saint Leonard church in the abandoned (now in restructuring) village of San Leonardo in Collina Image:Casa bartolini 1.jpg|Birthplace of the sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini in Savignano Image:Sofignano-la pieve.jpg|Parish church Santi Vito e Modesto in Sofignano Image:Roman Street 02.jpg|Roman bridge by Savignano

References

"Monthly Demographic Balance". [[Italian National Institute of Statistics.
(1971-10-24). "Popolazione residente e presente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1971". [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy).
"Dashboard Permanent census of population and housing". [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy).

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