Giglio

Also known as Isola del Giglio

Italian comune

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Official name: Isola del Giglio
Demonym: gigliesini
Population: 1330
Area: 24.01
Elevation: 405
Official website: www.comune.isoladelgiglio.gr.it
Image: Giglio porto.jpg
Dialing code: 0564
Licence plate code: GR

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Commons category: Isola del Giglio
postal code: 58012
Commons gallery: Isola del Giglio
native label: Isola del Giglio

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Isola del Giglio ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈiːzola del ˈdʒiʎʎo]; Latin: Igilium), or Giglio Island in English, is an Italian island and comune (municipality) in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, and is part of the Province of Grosseto. The island is one of seven that form the Tuscan Archipelago, lying within the Arcipelago Toscano National Park. Giglio means "lily" in Italian and it originally derives from the Latin name of the island, Igilium, which in turn could be related to the Ancient Greek name of the neighbouring Capraia, Αἰγύλιον (Aigýlion, Latinized as Aegilium), from αἴξ aíx "goat".

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