Mezzolombardo (local dialect:Mezombart) is acomune (municipality) inTrentino in the northernItalian regionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of the city ofTrento. As of 31 December 2006, it had a population of 6,498 and an area of 13.8 square kilometres (5.3 sq mi).[3]
The inhabitants are calledMezzolombardesi or rarelyForcoloti. Behind the latter demonym there is a bizarre story: its inhabitants were nicknamedForcoloti for having attacked the inhabitants of nearbyMezzocorona with pitchforks while they attempted to burn a crucifix (thus earning the nicknameBrusacristi) located on the border between the two municipalities.[4]