Castel Maggiore

Castel Maggiore
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
Metropolitan city	Bologna  (BO)
Local name	Castèl Mazåur
Coordinates	44 ° 35 '  N , 11 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 34 '40 "  N , 11 ° 21' 42"  E
height	29  m slm
surface	30.92 km²
Residents	18,622 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	602 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	40013
prefix	051
ISTAT number	037019
Popular name	castelmaggioresi
Patron saint	Sant'Andrea
Website	Castel Maggiore

Castel Maggiore is an Italian municipality with 18,622 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Bologna . It is 9 km north of the provincial capital of Bologna .

history

The first documents that mention the municipality date from the 10th century. At that time the municipality was called Castaniolo (small sweet chestnut tree). Legend has it that the name goes back to a large trunk of chestnuts that was washed into the municipality through the Canale Navile (a navigable canal). Castaniolo was later given the nickname Maggiore to distinguish it from a town of the same name in the municipality of Bentivoglio .

The place was renamed Castel Maggiore in 1818 by the Papal States to which it belonged at the time .

During the Second World War , the municipality was exposed to heavy bomber attacks several times due to its location on the Padua – Bologna railway line .

Parishes

• San Andrea di Castel Maggiore
• San Bartolomeo di Bondanello
• Trebbo di Reno
• Sabbiuno

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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