Campi Bisenzio

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Campi Bisenzio
coat of arms
Campi Bisenzio (Italy)
Campi Bisenzio
Country Italy
region Tuscany
Metropolitan city Florence  (FI)
Coordinates 43 ° 50 '  N , 11 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 49 '32 "  N , 11 ° 8' 0"  E
height 38  m slm
surface 28.62 km²
Residents 47,343 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,654 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 50013
prefix 055
ISTAT number 048006
Popular name Campigiani
Patron saint Beata Teresa Maria della Croce (April 23)
Website Campi Bisenzio

Campi Bisenzio is an Italian municipality with 47,343 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of Campi Bisenzio in the metropolitan city of Florence
Palazzo Conti in Campi Bisenzio

The municipality is located twelve kilometers northwest of the provincial and regional capital Florence on the rivers Arno , Bisenzio , Marina and Ombrone Pistoiese .

The districts are Capalle, Il Rosi, La Villa, Le Miccine, Limite, San Cresci, San Donnino, San Giorgio a Colonica, San Piero a Ponti and Sant'Angelo a Lecore.

The neighboring municipalities are Calenzano , Florence , Poggio a Caiano ( PO ), Prato (PO), Scandicci , Sesto Fiorentino and Signa .

history

The first inhabitants of the area were probably the Ligurians , followed by the Etruscans . Traces of the Romans can be found up to the 1st century BC. Trace back to BC. These left the place with the street system and the place name (unchanged to this day). The place developed along the Bisenzio, shortly after the confluence with the river Marina, which already led to regular flood disasters in ancient times. The town began to grow around the year 1000, and districts such as San Piero a Ponti were founded. Through a donation from Otto I , the place came under the control of the Mazzinghi family, who equipped it with a castle (Castrum Mazzinghorum) and fortress (Rocca Strozzi, 12th century). It is possible that the conflict between Ghibellines and Guelphs originated here in 1215 or 1216 when the Florentine families of the Amidei and the Buondelmonti quarreled . Since 1170 the area was subordinate to the Sestiere di San Pancrazio of Florence, in 1292 it was assigned to the Quartiere di Santa Maria Novella . After the defeat of the Guelphs against the Ghibellines on September 4, 1260 in the Battle of Montaperti , the center was destroyed by the Ghibellines. The second destruction happened in 1364 when Pisa took the place during the war with Florence. After the reconquest, Florence reinforced the city walls again. However, further damage was caused by the Spanish troops during the siege of Florence in 1529. The municipality in its current form was created in 1774 (at that time still with Signa, Montemurlo and Calenzano) by a decree of Grand Duke Leopold I. During the occupation of Tuscany by Napoleon (1807-1814) Signa, Montemurlo and Calenzano were independent communities. The name addition Bisenzio was added to the place name Campi in 1862.

Attractions

Pieve di Santo Stefano

Community partnerships

The place maintains community partnerships with:

Daughters and sons of the church

Web links

Commons : Campi Bisenzio  - 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. a b c d Official website of the municipality of Campi Bisenzio , accessed on February 12, 2010 (Italian)
  3. Campibisenzio.com , accessed February 12, 2010 (Italian)
  4. a b Intoscana.it , accessed on October 24, 2016 (English)
  5. Enrico Faini: Annali di Storia di Firenze. University of Florence , 2006, pp. 11–12, accessed on February 12, 2010 (PDF; 1.8 MB) ( Memento from February 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. Profilo storico on the website of the municipality of Campi Bisenzio, accessed on October 24, 2016 (Italian)
  7. Official website of the municipality of Campi Bisenzio on the municipality partnerships , accessed on February 12, 2010 (Italian)