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I don't have sufficient context to write an accurate overview. "Giglio" being identified only as an "Italian comune" (municipality) tells me it's a town in Italy, but I lack specific information about what makes it notable or why it matters to explain to a general reader.
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- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Isola del Giglio
- Demonym
- gigliesini
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Grosseto
- Capital
- Giglio Castello
- Population
- 1330
- Area
- 24.01
- Elevation
- 405
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Official website
- www.comune.isoladelgiglio.gr.it
- Image
- Giglio porto.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0564
- Licence plate code
- GR
- Patron saint
- Mamilian of Palermo
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- Commons category
- Isola del Giglio
- postal code
- 58012
- twinned administrative body
- San Quirico d'Orcia
- topic's main category
- Category:Isola del Giglio
- Commons gallery
- Isola del Giglio
- native label
- Isola del Giglio
- member of
- The most beautiful villages in Italy
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Encyclopedic overview
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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