Acqualagna

Acqualagna
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Pesaro and Urbino  (PU)
Coordinates	43 ° 37 '  N , 12 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 '0 "  N , 12 ° 40' 16"  E
height	204  m slm
surface	50.74 km²
Residents	4,292 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	85 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	61041
prefix	0721
ISTAT number	041001
Popular name	Acqualagnesi
Patron saint	Lucia of Syracuse
Website	Acqualagna

Acqualagna is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 4292 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in Marche . The municipality is located about 38 kilometers south-southwest of Pesaro and about 12 kilometers south-southeast of Urbino on the Candigliano and is part of the Comunità montana del Catria e Nerone . In the northwest, the Metauro delimits the community.

history

When the Roman city of Pitinum Mergens was destroyed by Alaric around 400, the displaced residents of Castel di Montefalcone founded the village of Acqualagna.

traffic

Acqualagna is on Strada Statale 3 Via Flaminia from Rome to Fano .

Personalities

• Enrico Mattei (1906–1962), partisan, politician and manager of ENI

economy

Acqualagna is the center for the truffle trade. The most important types of commercially viable truffles thrive in the neighboring forests. Including the most expensive and best-known type of white truffle . There are also a number of farms where Perigord truffles and summer truffles grow. Most families have one or more members who take dogs to search for the tubers in the appropriate seasons .

Sights and events

• Gola del Furlo (gorge with a 2000 year old Roman tunnel)
• fiera del tartufo (international truffle fair, last weekend in October and first weekend in November)

Web links

Commons : Acqualagna  - 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.