Inhabitants in 1991: 463
The
Vergemoli territory extends for 27,30 square kilometres on the Apuana
slopes of the Garfagnana. The centre is situated on a spur which forks
from the Pania della Croce on the left side of the Impervia valley through
which runs the river Turrite di Gallicano. It became autonomous community
in 1801 detaching itself from Trassilico.
Vergemoli cited for the first time in an ecclesiastic document from
Lucca in the X century, when, with Trassilico and other towns, it
was included in the Piviere of Gallicano, it was possessed by the
Lords dei Porcaresi until the XIII century. It followed the successive
general fate of the Garfagnana, first with Lucca, from 1451 with the
Estensi.
Historical info reproduced upon authorization of Regione Toscana - Dipartimento della Presidenza E Affari Legislativi e Giuridici
Translated by Ann Mountford |