Sant'Angelo in Colle

Sant'Angelo in Colle
Frazione
View of Sant'Angelo in Colle
View of Sant'Angelo in Colle
Sant'Angelo in Colle is located in Italy
Sant'Angelo in Colle
Sant'Angelo in Colle
Location of Sant'Angelo in Colle in Italy
Coordinates: 42°59′38″N 11°27′37″E / 42.9939°N 11.4603°E / 42.9939; 11.4603
CountryItaly
RegionToscana
ProvinceSiena
ComuneMontalcino
Elevation
444 m (1,457 ft)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total
204
DemonymSantangiolesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
53024
Dialing code0577
Patron saintSan Michele Arcangelo
Saint dayThird Sunday of May

Sant'Angelo in Colle is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montalcino, province of Siena. At the time of the 2011 census its population amounted to 204.[1]

This medieval hamlet is located on a small hill approximately 8 km South of Montalcino.[2]

Main sights

  • Pieve di San Michele Arcangelo (13th century)
  • Church of Madonna della Misericordia (19th century)
  • Church of San Pietro

Economy

This small town's economy is based mainly on farming, it is in fact in this area the heart of the production of Brunello di Montalcino and several wineries are located here. A bank, a post office, two restaurants and a small grocery store are available.

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Siena (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Census 2011, Istat.
  2. ^ Anabel Thomas (2011). Garrisoning the Borderlands of Medieval Siena: Sant'Angelo in Colle, Frontier Castle Under the Government of the Nine, 1287-1355. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781409426035.