Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Lombardy
- Province
- Brescia (BS)
- Frazioni
- Cortine, Dernago, Mitria, Monteclana, Muratello, Sacca, San Cesario, San Rocco
- Total
- 27 km (10 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 236 m (774 ft)
- Density
- 410/km (1,100/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Navensi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 030
- Istat code
- 017117
- Patron saint
- San Costanzo
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Nave
- Demonym
- navensi
- Population
- 10552
- Area
- 27.21
- Elevation
- 236
- Official website
- www.comune.nave.bs.it
- Image
- Veduta di Nave (BS).jpg
- Dialing code
- 030
- Licence plate code
- BS
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- postal code
- 25075
- Commons category
- Nave (Italy)
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Nave (Brescian: Nàe) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. Neighbouring communes are, from the south and clockwise: Brescia, Bovezzo, Concesio, Lumezzane, Caino, Serle and Botticino. It is located in the Garza valley.
The origin of the name Nave is not certain. Some maintain it comes from nava (cfr. English navel) meaning the valley basin in which Nave sits, others think it is a contraction from Latin nam vallis, wide valley . Another possibility is it comes from Latin navis meaning ship (cfr. Italian nave with the same meaning) due to the overall shape of the town when seen from the Maddalena mountain. Notwithstanding this hypothesis being held as improbable, the coat of arms of the town sports a ship on it.