Montemurlo
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Montemurlo
| official_name = Comune di Montemurlo
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| image_skyline = La Rocca di Montemurlo 22.jpg
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| image_caption = The Montemurlo fortress
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| coordinates = {{coord|43|56|N|11|2|E|type:city(18,097)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Tuscany
| province = Prato (PO)
| frazioni = Albiano, Bagnolo, Fornacelle, Oste, Bagnolo di Sopra, Campi Solari, Javello, Borgo Forte, Freccioni, Guzzano, La Gualchiera, Popolesco, Santorezzo
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| mayor = Simone Calamai
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| area_total_km2 = 30.77
| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly Demographic Balance|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=&i=D7B|publisher=ISTAT}}
| population_total = 19059
| population_as_of = 2025
| population_demonym = Montemurlesi
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| elevation_m = 73
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| postal_code = 59013
| area_code = 0574
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.montemurlo.po.it/}}
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Montemurlo ({{IPA|it|ˌmonteˈmurlo}}) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the Italian region Tuscany, located about {{convert|25|km|mi}} northwest of Florence and about {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} northwest of Prato. It has 19,059 inhabitants.
File:Villa del Barone 03.jpg in Bagnolo di Sopra.]]
Montemurlo borders the following municipalities: Agliana, Cantagallo, Montale, Prato, Vaiano.
Demographics
{{Historical populations|1861|2442|1871|2781|1881|2773|1901|3294|1911|3380|1921|3397|1931|3370|1936|3358|1951|3405|1961|4403|1971|9698|1981|15632|1991|17164|2001|17502|2011|17908|2021|19100|cols=2|align=none|source=ISTAT{{cite web |title=Popolazione residente e presente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1971|trans-title=Resident and present population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1971|url=https://ebiblio.istat.it/digibib/Censimenti%20popolazione/Censimentipopolazioneresidentedal1861/PUV0027177Pop_res_pres_cens_1861_1971_Tomo1.pdf|date=1971-10-24|lang=it|publisher=ISTAT}}{{cite web |title=Dashboard Permanent census of population and housing|url=https://esploradati.censimentopopolazione.istat.it/databrowser/#/en/censtest/dashboards|publisher=ISTAT}}}}
Sights
=Churches=
- Chapel at Javello farm
- Chapel at the fortress in Montemurlo
- Chapel at Villa del Barone in Bagnolo di Sopra
- Chapel at Villa Giamari in Fornacelle
- Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista Decollato at Montemurlo castle
- Sacred Heart of Jesus in Montemurlo
- San Pietro in Albiano
- Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi in Bagnolo
- Holy Mary Mother of the Church in Oste
- Holy Mary Mother of God in Fornacelle
=Villas=
- Old Village Riva di Bagnolo in Bagnolo di Sopra
- Casone dei Valori in Montemurlo castle
- Javello farm
- Palarciano farm in Montemurlo
- The Fortress in Montemurlo castle
- Villa del Barone
- Villa Bresci in Bagnoli di Sopra
- Villa in Campi Solari
- Villa di Galceto in Bagnolo
- Villa di Popolesco in Popolesco
- Villa Gherardini in Montemurlo
- Villa Giamari in Fornacelle
- Villa Melchi in Borgo Forte
- Villa Pazzi al Parugiano
- Villa Strozzi in Bagnolo
Sport
References
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