Vaiano
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Vaiano
| official_name = Comune di Vaiano
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| image_skyline = Badia di San Salvatore-facade.jpg
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| image_caption = San salvatore Abbey-Facade in Vaiano
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| coordinates = {{coord|43|58|N|11|7|E|type:city(9,532)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Tuscany
| province = Province of Prato (PO)
| frazioni = Fabio, Faltugnano, Gamberame, La Briglia, La Cartaia, La Foresta, La Tignamica, Le Fornaci, Meretto, Parmigno, Popigliano, Savignano, San Leonardo in Collina, Schignano and Sofignano.
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| area_total_km2 = 34.11
| population_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Monthly Demographic Balance|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=&i=D7B|publisher=ISTAT}}
| population_total = 9912
| population_as_of = 2025
| population_demonym = Vaianesi
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| elevation_m = 150
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| postal_code = 59021
| area_code = 0574
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.vaiano.po.it}}
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File:Badia di San Salvatore-crucifix.jpg
File:Oratorio di Sant'Antonio-Antonio Marini La madonna con Gesu' Bambino tra San Giovanni Evangelista e Sant'Antonio da Padova.jpg, The Madonna with child between Saint Joseph and Saint Anthon from Padua-Oratory of Saint Anthon at Villa Vai (Il Mulinaccio)]]
File:Villa Il Mulinaccio 12.jpg at Villa Vai (Il Mulinaccio)]]
Vaiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the region of Tuscany in Italy. It is located about {{convert|25|km|mi}} northwest of Florence and about {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} north of Prato. It has 9,912 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality of Vaiano contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Fabio, Faltugnano, Gamberame, La Briglia, La Cartaia, La Foresta, La Tignamica, Le Fornaci, Meretto, Parmigno, Popigliano, Savignano, San Leonardo in Collina, Schignano and Sofignano.
Vaiano borders the following municipalities: Barberino di Mugello, Calenzano, Cantagallo, Montemurlo, Prato.
Demographics
{{Historical populations|1861|2588|1871|2922|1881|3085|1901|6414|1911|5008|1921|5298|1931|5805|1936|5844|1951|6281|1961|6883|1971|7115|1981|7947|1991|8848|2001|9051|2011|9821|2021|9943|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}}}}
Architecture
=Churches=
- San Salvatore Abbey, Vaiano in Vaiano
- Chapel at the old cemetery in Vaiano
- San Leonardo in Gamberame
- San Leonardo in San leonardo in Collina
- Chapel at the Fattoria delle Mura in Sofignano
- Chapel at Villa Buonamici in San Gaudenzio
- Saint Anthon oratory at Villa Vai Il Mulinaccio
- San Pier Giuliano oratory in La Cartaia
- Ex Church of San Leonardo in Case
- San Martino in Fabio
- San Martino in Schignano
- San Miniato in La Briglia
- San Miniato in Popigliano
- Santi Andrea e Donato in Savignano
- Santi Giusto e Clemente in Faltugnano
- Santi Vito e Modesto in Sofignano
- Santo Stefano in Parmigno
=Villas=
Feasts
- Carnival in Vaiano February
- Feast of the dust in Sofignano may
- More events during the year in Villa Vai
Notable people
- Teresa Meroni (1885 – 1951), worker, trade unionist, and socialist
Gallery
Image:Municipio Vaiano.jpg|Town hall in Vaiano
Image:Vaiano e la Badia.jpg|Vaiano view
Image:Fabbrica Forti 3.jpg|Forti manifactury in La Briglia
Image:Santo Stefano in Parmigno 09.jpg|Saint Stephan church in the abandoned village of Parmigno
Image:San Leonardo in Collina-la chiesa (tutto il blocco).jpg|Saint Leonard church in the abandoned (now in restructuring) village of San Leonardo in Collina
Image:Casa bartolini 1.jpg|Birthplace of the sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini in Savignano
Image:Sofignano-la pieve.jpg|Parish church Santi Vito e Modesto in Sofignano
Image:Roman Street 02.jpg|Roman bridge by Savignano
References
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External links
{{commonscat-inline|Vaiano}}
- {{official website|http://www.comune.vaiano.po.it}}
- [http://www.welcome2prato.com/ Events in Prato and its province]
{{Province of Prato}}
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