Gardone Val Trompia

Gardone Val Trompia (Brescian: Gardù de Altrompia) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is bounded by the comunes of Marcheno and Sarezzo. It is located in the Trompia valley. Gardone received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 21 September 2001.

Gardone Val Trompia Gardù de Altrompia
Comune
Città di Gardone Val Trompia
View from middle schools
Coat of arms
Location of Gardone Val Trompia
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Coordinates: 45°41′N 10°11′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Brescia (BS)
Frazioni	Inzino, Magno
Government
• Mayor	Giuliano Brunori
Area [1]
• Total	26.66 km2 (10.29 sq mi)
Elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
Population  (30 July 2021)[2]
• Total	11,374
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Gardonesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	25063
Dialing code	030
Patron saint	St. Mark
Saint day	25 April
Website	Official website

Commerce

It is home to the major small arms manufacturers FAMARS and Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta. Among several regional makers of replica black powder firearms (such as A. Uberti, Srl., and Chiappa Firearms), the Davide Pedersoli company leads in production of over 75 types of historical black powder muzzle loading and breech loading firearms and is also known as the dominant brand in black powder shooting competitions worldwide.

Twin towns

Gardone Val Trompia is twinned with:

• Nanoro Department, Burkina Faso

People

• Bartolomeo Beretta (c. 1490 – c. 1565), founder of Beretta