Borgo Virgilio

Borgo Virgilio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Mantua  (MN)
Coordinates	45 ° 7 '  N , 10 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 7 '13 "  N , 10 ° 47' 29"  E
height	22  m slm
surface	69.99 km²
Residents	14,804 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	212 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	46034
prefix	0376
ISTAT number	020071
Popular name	Borgovirgiliani
Website	Borgo Virgilio

Borgo Virgilio is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,804 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Mantua in Lombardy .

The municipality was created on February 4, 2014 through the merger of the two previously independent municipalities of Borgoforte and Virgilio . The municipal seat is in Virgilio, about 5 kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Mantua .

geography

The municipality is bordered by the Mincio rivers in the northeast and the Po in the south. Borgo Virgilio is one of the 13 Lombard municipalities whose municipal area forms the Parco del Mincio Natural Park .

history

The Roman poet Virgil is said to be born in the small town of Andes (in the Pietole [Vecchia] district of the Virgilio fraction ) .

Community partnerships

• Frattaminore , Metropolitan City of Naples
• Orta di Atella , Province of Caserta

Sons and daughters of the church

• Fabio Battesini (1912–1987), racing cyclist
• Virgil (70–19 BC), Roman poet

Web links

Commons : Borgo Virgilio  - 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. ↑ Parco del Mincio in English , accessed June 20, 2017.