ziano

Ziano is a toponym used for several places in Italy. The name appears most often in the northern part of the country and is usually encountered as the name of a small municipality or a parish-sized settlement within a larger comune. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it is generally treated as deriving from medieval or earlier toponymic traditions common in northern Italy.

The best-documented Ziano is Ziano Piacentino, a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Emilia-Romagna region. It covers a rural area and has an economy largely based on agriculture, with some light industry and local services. The local government is headed by a mayor and a municipal council. The historical center features traditional Italian architecture, including a parish church and several rural chapels, and the community maintains local religious and cultural traditions, including annual fairs and gastronomic events.

There are other localities that bear the name Ziano as frazione or as part of a larger commune, especially in the northern regions of Italy. In such cases, Ziano typically refers to a small settlement, hamlet, or neighborhood rather than an independent municipality.

Ziano also occurs as a surname and may appear in various disambiguation contexts.