San Giusto di Compito (also ''San Giusto di Cómpito'') is a
frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
of
Capannori
Capannori () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany.
History
The 40 hamlets of Capannori are located on the lands that once corresponded to the eastern territories of the Republic of Lucca. Most of those h ...
in the province of
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one ...
region of
Tuscany
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in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
.
Geography
San Giusto di Compito lies approximately 5 km south of the town of
Capannori
Capannori () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany.
History
The 40 hamlets of Capannori are located on the lands that once corresponded to the eastern territories of the Republic of Lucca. Most of those h ...
, 10 km south-east of the provincial capital
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one ...
and 55 km west of the regional capital
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
. The hamlet lies on a foothill north of the
Monte Pisanino
Monte Pisanino is the highest peak (1,946 m) in the Alpi Apuane, in Tuscany, central Italy. Located in the comune of Minucciano (province of Lucca), it is also the highest mountain entirely belonging to the Tuscany region.
Name
According ...
not far from the southeastern lake
Lago di Bientina (''Lago di Sesto'', municipality of
Bientina
Bientina () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany.
History
The toponym Bientina is attested the first time in 793 as Blentina and probably comes from the Etruscan name Plitine.
Geography
Terr ...
) and the plain of ''Piana Lucchese''.
[Contado Lucchese: I borghi di Capannori. Colle di Compito.][Emanuele Repetti: ''Colle di Compito.'' In: ''Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846).''] Sant'Andrea di Compito is situated northwest of Castelvecchio di Compito, and northwest of
Colle di Compito
Colle di Compito (also ''Colle di Cómpito'') is a frazione of Capannori in the province of Lucca region of Tuscany in Italy.
Geography
Colle di Compito lies approximately 7 km south of the town of Capannori, 10 km south-east of the provincial c ...
, its neighbouring settlements and administrative frazioni.
References
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Frazioni of Tuscany
Frazioni of the Province of Lucca
Lucca