Caorso

Caorso
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Piacenza  (PC)
Local name	Caùrs
Coordinates	45 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 2 '57 "  N , 9 ° 52' 17"  E
height	46  m slm
surface	40 km²
Residents	4,842 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	121 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	29012
prefix	0523
ISTAT number	033010
Popular name	Caorsani
Patron saint	Santa Maria Assunta
Website	Caorso

Caorso is an Italian commune with 4842 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Piacenza .

Agricultural and small businesses are located in Caorso. The Caorso nuclear power plant , which was shut down in 1990, is used today (2016) as a storage facility for radioactive waste. In 2010, a General Electric manager suggested stopping the dismantling and reactivating the nuclear power plant. After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima (March 2011), however, on June 12 and 13, 2011, a large majority of the Italian population rejected the re-entry into nuclear energy. After the government of Silvio Berlusconi resigned in November 2011 and two earthquakes occurred in the region in May 2012 , this plan is no longer being pursued.

The official patron saint of the community is Santa Maria Assunta . The people traditionally venerate San Rocco and consider him the real patron saint.

Web links

Commons : Caorso  - 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. ↑ Riattiviamo Caorso ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ rp-online.de: Italy in shock after the earthquake