Mirandola (Emilia-Romagna)

Mirandola
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Modena  (MO)
Local name	La Miràndla
Coordinates	44 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 53 '12 "  N , 11 ° 4' 0"  E
height	18  m slm
surface	137 km²
Residents	24.091 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	176 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	41037
prefix	0535
ISTAT number	036022
Popular name	Mirandolesi
Website	Mirandola

Mirandola is a town with 24,091 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) in the northern Italian province of Modena in the region Emilia-Romagna . The municipal area is 137 km².

Town twinning

Mirandola maintains the following cities a twinning :

• Ostfildern , since 1987/88, official town twinning since 2002

Geographical location

The neighboring municipalities are Bondeno ( FE ), Cavezzo , Concordia sulla Secchia , Finale Emilia , Medolla , Poggio Rusco ( MN ), San Felice sul Panaro , San Giovanni del Dosso (MN), San Possidonio and Sermide (MN).

The earthquake in 2012 in Mirandola several people were killed.

sons and daughters of the town

• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (* 1463, † 1494 in Florence), most important humanist and philosopher of the Renaissance , a café on the town square ( Piazza Costituente ) is named after him.
• Antonio Bernardi (* 1502, † 1565 in Bologna), philosopher.
• Giovanni Battista Susio (* 1519, † 1583), writer.
• Lodovico Pico della Mirandola (* 1668, † 1743 in Rome), cardinal.
• Paolo Golinelli (* 1947), historian.
• Nicola Rizzoli (* 1971), referee.

See also

• Duchy of Mirandola

Web links

Commons : Mirandola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Thousands lose their homes due to earthquake - Deutschlandradio from May 29, 2012