Argenta (Emilia-Romagna)

Argenta
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Ferrara  (FE)
Coordinates	44 ° 37 '  N , 11 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 36 '47 "  N , 11 ° 50' 11"  E
height	4  m slm
surface	311.02 km²
Residents	21,365 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	69 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	44010, 44011, 44014, 44016, 44040, 44048
prefix	0532
ISTAT number	038001
Popular name	Argentani
Patron saint	Nicholas of Myra
Website	www.comune.argenta.fe.it

Argenta is a city with 21,365 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Ferrara in northeastern Italy. Argenta is located in the Emilia-Romagna region about 30 km southeast of Ferrara and halfway between Ferrara and Ravenna .

The city is located in a predominantly flat, agricultural region on the edge of a wetland, the Comacchio lagoon . Much of this lagoon is now a nature reserve.

history

Argenta was founded by the Romans.

Attractions

• Pieve di San Giorgio , a paleo-Christian church on the Reno River .
• March Museum

Personalities

• Giacomo Vighi , as evidenced by his alternative name "Jacobo d'Argenta", a 16th century portrait painter from Argenta

Web links

Commons : Argenta  - 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.