Casei Gerola

Casei Gerola
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Pavia  (PV)
Local name	Caselj
Coordinates	45 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
height	81  m slm
surface	24.81 km²
Residents	2,472 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	100 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	27050
prefix	0383
ISTAT number	018033
Popular name	Casellesi
Patron saint	Fortunatus
Website	Casei Gerola
Piazza Francesco Meardi, Church of San Giovanni Battista and Town Hall

Casei Gerola is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2472 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pavia in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 27 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Pavia and about 60 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Milan in the Oltrepò Pavese on the Curone , which flows a few kilometers north into the Po , and borders directly on the province of Alessandria .

The neighboring municipalities are Castelnuovo Scrivia ( AL ), Cornale e Bastida , Isola Sant'Antonio (AL), Mezzana Bigli , Molino dei Torti (AL), Pontecurone (AL), Silvano Pietra and Voghera .

history

San Giovanni Battista, church in the town center

The place is probably a Roman foundation. Liutprand donated the place to the Petrus monastery in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia. In 1164 Casei was named as a place that Frederick I gave to the city of Pavia.

traffic

The A7 autostrada runs through the municipality from Milan to Genoa .

Personalities

• William Salice (born July 18, 1933 in Casei Gerola, † December 29, 2016 in Pavia); Inventor of the surprise ice cream

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

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