Country Italy Time zone CET (UTC+1) Patron saint St. Lawrence Local time Saturday 5:47 PM Province Province of Pavia Dialling code 0384 | Province / Metropolitan city Pavia (PV) Dialing code 0384 Area 26.7 km² Postal code 27030 Region Lombardy | |
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Demonym(s) Confienzesi, Confienzini or Confientini Weather 12°C, Wind SE at 21 km/h, 65% Humidity | ||
Confienza is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 50 km northwest of Pavia.
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Map of 27030 Confienza, Province of Pavia, Italy
Confienza borders the following municipalities: Casalino, Granozzo con Monticello, Palestro, Robbio, Vespolate, Vinzaglio.
History
Confienza's name derives most likely from the Latin confluentia, referring to a confluence of two rivers which have now changed their course. It belonged to the bishop of Vercelli from 999, then to the lords of the nearby Robbio. Pavia obtained it through the intervention of emperor Frederick II. Later it was under the Visconti (who gave it as a fief to Alberico da Barbiano together with Belgioioso) and the Sforza of Milan. Under the French domination of the Duchy of Milan, it was held by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. Later it was returned to the Barbiano of Belgioso, to which it belonged until 1797.