Camposanto (Emilia-Romagna)

Camposanto
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Modena  (MO)
Local name	Campsênt
Coordinates	44 ° 47 '  N , 11 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 47 '0 "  N , 11 ° 8' 0"  E
surface	22 km²
Residents	3,216 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	146 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	41031
prefix	0535
ISTAT number	036004
Popular name	Camposantesi
Patron saint	San Nicola di Bari
Website	Composanto

Camposanto

Camposanto is a municipality in the Italian province of Modena , Emilia-Romagna region . It is located 35 km northwest of Bologna and 20 km northeast of Modena on the Panaro River , a tributary of the Po .

The 3216 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) live on an area of ​​22 km². Antonella Baldini has been the mayor since April 15, 2008.

The neighboring municipalities are Bomporto , Crevalcore , Finale Emilia , Medolla , Ravarino , San Felice sul Panaro and San Prospero .

The community is named after the Italian word Camposanto for a cemetery. There was an ancient cemetery ( Latin: campus sanctus ) nearby .

history

The location of Camposanto on the Panaro played a strategic role during the Parma War, which was fought between summer 1551 and spring 1552. Papal and imperial troops were brought together to siege the fortress of Mirandola , which was built by Galeotto Pico della Mirandola with the financial support of the French King Francis I and his son Henry II . The supply for the large army, which camped between Crevalcore and San Giovanni in Persiceto , was carried out over the bridges at Camposanto and Solara.

On February 8, 1743, during the War of the Austrian Succession, a battle took place near Camposanto between the Spanish army under the command of General Jean Bonaventure Thierry du Mont, Count von Gages, and the Austro-Piedmontese army under the command of Field Marshal Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg and Traun instead. After a tough battle, the Spanish army was defeated and had to withdraw.

Web links

Commons : Camposanto (Emilia-Romagna)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the place (Italian)
• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Page of the mayoress ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian)