Castel Mella
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Brescia (BS) | |
Local name | Castelmelà | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ' N , 10 ° 9' E | |
height | 106 m slm | |
surface | 7.4 km² | |
Residents | 11,012 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,488 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 25030 | |
prefix | 030 | |
ISTAT number | 017042 | |
Popular name | Castelmellesi | |
Patron saint | Syrus , Lucia of Syracuse | |
Website | Castel Mella |
Castel Mella is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,012 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 8 kilometers southwest of Brescia on the Mella .
history
As the name suggests, the place goes back to a fortification that was built as a castrum novum in the Middle Ages. Until 1864 the place name was also Castelnuovo (as Castelnuovo con Colorno e Onzato or Castelnuovo Mella ).
traffic
The former Strada Statale 235 di Orzinuovi (since 2001 provincial road) from Crema to Brescia runs through the municipality on the north-western edge .
particularities
The district Fornaci belongs partly to Brescia, Castel Mella and Flero . In the past 20 years (from 1991: 5,800 to 2011: 10,900) the population has almost doubled. The sanctuary of the Madonna del Boschetto in the district of Onzato is worth seeing .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.