Nave, Lombardy




Comune in Lombardy, Italy











































































Nave


Nàe

Comune
Comune di Nave

Location of Nave







Nave is located in Italy

Nave

Nave



Location of Nave in Italy

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Nave is located in Lombardy

Nave

Nave



Nave (Lombardy)

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Coordinates: 45°35′06″N 10°17′0″E / 45.58500°N 10.28333°E / 45.58500; 10.28333Coordinates: 45°35′06″N 10°17′0″E / 45.58500°N 10.28333°E / 45.58500; 10.28333
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province
Brescia (BS)
Frazioni
Cortine, Dernago, Mitria, Monteclana, Muratello, Sacca, San Cesario, San Rocco
Area

 • Total 27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation

236 m (774 ft)
Population
(2011)[1]

 • Total 11,126
 • Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Navensi
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
25075
Dialing code 030

ISTAT code
017117
Patron saint San Costanzo
Website Official website

Nave (Brescian: Nàe) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. Neighbouring communes are, from the south and clockwise: Brescia, Bovezzo, Concesio, Lumezzane, Caino, Serle and Botticino. It is located in the Garza valley.


The origin of the name Nave is not certain. Some[who?] maintain it comes from nava (cfr. English navel) meaning the valley basin in which Nave sits, others think it is a contraction from Latin nam vallis, wide valley [1]. Another possibility is it comes from Latin navis meaning ship (cfr. Italian nave with the same meaning) due to the overall shape of the town when seen from the Maddalena mountain. Notwithstanding this hypothesis being held as improbable, the coat of arms of the town sports a ship on it.


Originally Nave consisted in a series of loosely connected urban sections: Nave proper (Nave centro, Nàe), Campanile (Kampanìl), Cortine (Kurtìne), Dernago (Dernàk), Mitria (Mìtria), Monteclana (Monteklàna), Muratello (Möradêl) which eventually connected together following urbanization. This is reflected by the fact that Nave does not have a main square, which is very uncommon for an Italian town.


A Lombard language tongue twister plays on Nàe being both the name of the town and a past tense of the verb (English to go, Italian andare): en dè ke nàe a Nàe go 'nkontràt el prèt de Nàe, 'l ma dìt endò ke nàe me go dìt ke nàe Nàe, which can be translated as: I was going to Nave when I met the priest of Nave, he asked me where I was going and I told him I was going to Nave.



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