Castel Bolognese

Castel Bolognese
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Ravenna  (RA)
Local name	Castèl Bulgnés
Coordinates	44 ° 19 ′  N , 11 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
height	32  m slm
surface	32 km²
Residents	9,599 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	300 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	48014
prefix	0546
ISTAT number	039006
Popular name	castellani
Patron saint	San Petronio (Tuesday after Pentecost)
Website	City website

Castel Bolognese is a town with 9599 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Ravenna in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna .

It is located between Imola and Faenza on the Via Emilia. Castel Bolognese is dominated by agriculture through the surrounding vineyards and orchards.

It was founded towards the end of the 14th century by the Senate of Bologna as an outpost to defend its own territory. By decree, Pope Pius VI proposed . the city of 1794 to Ravenna. Under Napoléon Bonaparte , Castel Bolognese once again belonged to the province of Bologna for a short time and from 1814 on again to Ravenna for good.

Castel Bolognese has been a partner community of Abtsgmünd , Ostalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg since 2007 .

sons and daughters of the town

• Edmondo Fabbri (1921–1995), football player and coach
• Bruno Loatti (1915–1962), track cyclist

Web links

Commons : Castel Bolognese  - 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.