Camposanto (Emilia-Romagna)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Emilia-Romagna | |
province | Modena (MO) | |
Local name | Campsênt | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 47 ' N , 11 ° 8' 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 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
- Homepage of the place (Italian)
- Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ 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)