Casalgrande

Casalgrande
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Reggio Emilia  (RE)
Local name	Casalgrând
Coordinates	44 ° 35 ′  N , 10 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
height	97  m slm
surface	37.73 km²
Residents	19,062 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	505 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	42013
prefix	0522, 0536
ISTAT number	035012
Popular name	Casalgrandesi
Patron saint	Bartholomew
Website	Casalgrande

Casalgrande is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 19,062 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality borders the province of Modena .

history

There is a Celtic necropolis near the place. In the Middle Ages the place belonged partly as a fiefdom to church princes in Parma and Nonantola . From the 12th century, local families ruled the place. Finally, Niccolò III succeeded. d'Este to seize power over the place in 1409.

traffic

The former Strada Statale 467 ( Strada Bassa ) leads through the village . Casalgrande is also on the non-electrified Reggio nell'Emilia - Sassuolo railway .

Town twinning

• Dunakeszi , Hungary

Sports

Casalgrande was u. a. 2004 stage of the Giro d'Italia .

Web links

Commons : Casalgrande  - 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.