Limone sul Garda

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Limone sul Garda-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Limone sul Garda
name=Limone sul Garda
region = Lombardy
province = Brescia (BS)
elevation_m = 69
area_total_km2 = 26
population_as_of = 2001
mapx=45.7
mapy=10.7
population_total = 1034
population_density_km2 =40 timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|48|30|N|10|47|15|E|region:IT_type:city(1157)cite web | url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=488971078 | title="The World Gazetteer" | accessdate=2007-02-22]
frazioni =
telephone = 0365
postalcode =25010
gentilic = Limonesi
saint =
day = July 10
mayor = Franceschino Risatti (since 2004-06-14)
website = [http://www.limone-sulgarda.it www.comune.limone-sulgarda.it]

Limone sul Garda is a town and "comune" in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy), on the shore of Lake Garda.

History

Despite the presence of famous cultivations of lemons (the meaning of the city's name in Italy), the town's name is probably derived from the ancient "lemos" (elm) or "limes" (Latin: boundary, referring to the communes of Brescia and the Bishopric of Trento). In 1863-1905 the denomination was Limone San Giovanni.

Until the 1940s the city was reachable only by the lake or through the mountains, with the road to Riva del Garda being built only 1932, but today Limone is one of the most renowned tourist resorts in the area.

Health

In 1979 researchers discovered that people in Limone possess a mutant form of apolipoprotein (called ApoA-1 Milano) in their blood, that induced a healthy form of high-density cholesterol, which resulted in a lowered risk of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases.

The protein has given residents of the village extreme longevity - a dozen of those living here are over the age of 100 (for c. 1,000 total inhabitants).

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