Cantagallo, Tuscany

Cantagallo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Florence and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Prato. It has 3,118 inhabitants.^[2]

The village of Fossato

Landscape by Trairio

Cantagallo
Comune
Comune di Cantagallo
Cerbaia Fortress
Location of Cantagallo
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Coordinates: 44°1′N 11°5′E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Prato (PO)
Frazioni	Fossato, Gavigno, L'Acqua, Luicciana, Migliana, Gricigliana, La Rocca di Cerbaia, Carmignanello, Usella, Il Fabbro
Government
• Mayor	Guglielmo Bongiorno
Area [1]
• Total	95.67 km2 (36.94 sq mi)
Elevation	423 m (1,388 ft)
Population  (2025)[2]
• Total	3,118
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Demonym	Cantagallesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	59025
Dialing code	0574
Website	Official website

Geography

Cantagallo borders the following municipalities: Barberino di Mugello, Camugnano, Montale, Montemurlo, Pistoia, Sambuca Pistoiese, Vaiano, and Vernio.

Frazioni

• Luicciana
• Cambiaticcio
• Carmignanello
• Castello Averardi
• Montagnana (Cantagallo)
• Cerbaia
• Codilupo
• Colle Bisenzio
• Fossato (Cantagallo)
• Gavigno
• Gricigliana
• Il Fabbro
• L'Acqua
• La Dogana Il Pucci
• La Villa (Cantagallo)
• Luicciana
• Migliana
• Pratale
• Trairio
• Usella
• Luogomano-Acquerino

Nature

• Reserve Luogomano-Acquerino
• Passo del Tabernacolo
• Pian della Rasa

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1861 3,784 —     1871 4,445 +17.5% 1881 4,093 −7.9% 1901 5,191 +26.8% 1911 5,499 +5.9% 1921 5,546 +0.9% 1931 5,035 −9.2% 1936 4,936 −2.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1951 4,466 −9.5% 1961 3,664 −18.0% 1971 3,015 −17.7% 1981 2,658 −11.8% 1991 2,536 −4.6% 2001 2,820 +11.2% 2011 3,102 +10.0% 2021 3,092 −0.3%
Source: ISTAT[3][4]

Culture

Events in the municipality include:

• Old villages and ancient flavors in Luicciana (November)
• Mountain in feast in Cascina Spedalletto-reserve Luogomano-Acquerino (July)
• Feast of the chestnut in Migliana (October–December)
• Feast of the garlic bread in Gavigno (August)
• Feast of the boar in Gavigno (July)
• Feast of the potato in La Villa (September)
• Feast of the zonzella in Gavigno (June)
• Sant'Anna feast in Cantagallo (July)
• Tour of the cribs in Migliana (December–January)

Main sights

Churches

• San Biagio in Cantagallo
• San Lorenzo in Usella
• San Michele in Luicciana
• San Donato in L'Acqua
• San Lorenzo in Fossato
• San Michele in Codilupo
• San Rocco in Fossato
• Oratory of Sant'Agostino in Gavigno
• Santa Caterina d'Alessandria in Gricigliana
• Santa Caterina d'Alessandria in Carmignanello
• Santa Maria in Castello Averardi
• Santa Maria Assunta in Migliana
• Santa Maria Assunta oratory in Migliana - old church

Villas

• Villa Novellucci in Gricigliana
• Villa Guicciardini in Il Fabbro
• Villa Bini in Pratale

Other sights

• Sessanto bridge in Carmignanello
• Medieval bridge in Cerbaia
• Cerbaia fortress in Cerbaia
• Pispola mill in Cerbaia
• Adventure park in Gavigno - between Gavigno and Passo del Tabernacolo