Castelfranco di Sotto

Castelfranco di Sotto
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Pisa  (PI)
Coordinates	43 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 42 '9 "  N , 10 ° 44' 47"  E
height	16  m slm
surface	48.36 km²
Residents	13,464 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	278 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	56022
prefix	0571
ISTAT number	050009
Popular name	Castelfranchesi
Patron saint	San Severo Martire (November 18)
Website	Castelfranco di Sotto
City tower in Castelfranco di Sotto

Castelfranco di Sotto is an Italian municipality with 13,464 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of the municipality in the province of Pisa

The community extends over around 48 km². It is located about 45 km west of the regional capital Florence and 30 km east of the provincial capital Pisa on the Arno and on the Usciana Canal .

The districts include Chimenti (partly), Galleno (partly), Orentano, Staffoli (partly, also belongs to Santa Croce sull'Arno) and Villa Campanile.

The neighboring communes are Altopascio ( LU ), Bientina , Fucecchio ( FI ), Montopoli in Val d'Arno , San Miniato , Santa Croce sull'Arno and Santa Maria a Monte .

history

Castelfranco di Sotto was founded in the 11th century under the name Castelfranco nel Valdarno di Sotto (German tax-exempt castle in the lower Arno valley) as a merger of the places San Bartolomeo a Paterno, San Michele in Carpugnana, San Piero a Vigesimo and San Martino in Catiana under the Reign of Lucca . The tax exemption resulted from a decree by the government of Lucca, which wanted to promote the settlement of the border region to Florence and Pisa in order to secure its own borders. The city wall with sixteen towers was built in the first half of the 13th century. The Palazzo Pretorio was built in the 15th century.

Due to the territorial or provincial reform under Mussolini in 1925 , some places in the province of Pisa changed to the province of Livorno , in return the province of Pisa received the places Castelfranco di Sotto (and Montopoli in Val d'Arno, Santa Maria a Monte, San Miniato and Santa Croce sull'Arno) from the province of Florence (now the Metropolitan City of Florence ).

Events

Every year on the second Sunday in June, the Palio dei Barchini con le Ruote (Palio of the boats on wheels) takes place. The four contrades San Michele in Caprugnana, San Martino a Catiana, San Bartolomeo a Paterno and San Pietro a Vigesimo compete against each other on the Piazza Garibaldi . The event in historical costumes takes place on 8./9. June 2019 for the thirty-third time.

Web links

Commons : Castelfranco di Sotto  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Castelfranco di Sotto

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ http://www.provincia.pisa.it , accessed on April 26, 2019 (Italian)
3. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castelfranco di Sotto , accessed on April 26, 2019 (Italian)
4. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castelfranco di Sotto for the Palio dei Barchini con le ruote , accessed on April 26, 2019 (Italian)
5. ↑ https://www.terredipisa.it: 33 ° Palio dei barchini con le ruote , accessed on April 26, 2019 (Italian)