Mazzano (

Brescian Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic language spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are ...

: ) is a ''

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'' in the

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, in

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, northern

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. The Municipality of Mazzano has a population of 12500 inhabitants and consists of three hamlets, Mazzano, Molinetto and Ciliverghe Chiesaciliverghe

Twin towns

Mazzano is twinned with: *

Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Saint-Germain-des-Fossés (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Saint-Germain-des-Fossés station has rail connections to Lyon, Nevers and Clermont-Ferrand. Population See also *Communes of ...

, France The Municipality of Mazzano is twinned with the French town of

, located in the Allier (

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), ten kilometers from

Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...

. The oath of brotherhood that sanctioned the formalization of the twinning was held in October 2002 in

and on April 25, 2003 in Mazzano. Since 2010 the municipal administration, led by the mayor Maurizio Franzoni, has no longer considered continuing relations with the French citizen without confirming the municipal commission for twinning. Relations could be mended in 2025, after a delegation from the Brescia and French municipalities met in

Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the southeastern ...

in March 2025.

Sports

Alpine regularity race

Starting from 1986 in Mazzano there is a regularity march in the mountains of the FIE (Italian Hiking Federation) called Renato Malossi trophy in honor of the historical leader of the Alpine group. The competition is organized by the Alpine Sports Directorate of Mazzano under the aegis of the Italian Hiking Federation and is sponsored by the Municipality of Mazzano and the Province of Brescia. In the 34 previous editions, the race was a regional championship race and on some occasions an Italian championship race. Combined with the same gear is the Boioni and Cerqui cups for the youth and student sector and the Comune di Mazzano trophy awarded to the winners of the promotional race in pairs. In 2019 the race was held on March 17 starting from the Mazzano Alpini's house

Cross country

Since 2012, an important youth cross-country race called B.Est cross country has taken place in the hamlet of Ciliverghe, where B.Est represents Brescia Est, or its geographical location. The race is organized by the G.S. Atletica Rezzato under the aegis of FIDAL and is sponsored by the municipalities of Mazzano, Rezzato, Botticino, Nuvolera and Nuvolento. In the first three editions, the race took place in the extra-urban park of Ciliverghe, since 2015 the cross-country race has been moved to the park of the eighteenth-century Villa Mazzucchelli. In 2019, the race awarded the provincial champion jerseys.

Cyclocross

Since 2022, a cyclocross race has taken place in the extra-urban park of Ciliverghe with a route that winds through the same park until it touches the ancient cemetery of Lazzaretto. The race is organized under the auspices of the FCI (Italian Cycling Federation) and is called CX Verghe, playing on its geographical location. In 2023, the race awarded the provincial cyclocross champion jerseys.

Football

A.S.D.P. Ciliverghe di Mazzano Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Polisportiva Ciliverghe di Mazzano, commonly referred to as Ciliverghe Calcio, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Mazzano, Lombardy. Currently it plays in Serie D. Founded in the 1979 ...

is the

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of the city. It plays in Italy's

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

after the promotion from Eccellenza Lombardy Girone C in the 2013–14 season.

References

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