Castel Mella

Castel Mella
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Castelmelà
Coordinates	45 ° 30 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 30 '0 "  N , 10 ° 9' 0"  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

Aluminum refinery Metalli Capra refinery in 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

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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