Cavallermaggiore
Cavallermaggiore | ||
---|---|---|
|
||
Country | Italy | |
region | Piedmont | |
province | Cuneo (CN) | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 43 ' N , 7 ° 41' E | |
surface | 51 km² | |
Residents | 5,431 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 106 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 12030 | |
prefix | 0172 | |
ISTAT number | 004059 | |
Website | Cavallermaggiore |
Cavallermaggiore ( Piedmontese Cavlimor / Caolimor or Cavalimor ) is a municipality with 5431 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN), Piedmont region .
The neighboring municipalities are Bra , Cavallerleone , Cherasco , Marene , Monasterolo di Savigliano , Racconigi , Ruffia , Sanfrè , Savigliano and Sommariva del Bosco .
The municipality covers an area of 51 km² .
history
In a document from 1028, a Witberti Cavallarium is mentioned for the first time . In a bull from Pope Lucius III. from 1185 the name is then Cavallarius Maius , from which the current name is derived. During the Middle Ages , different families ruled the place. From 1418 onwards it belonged to the House of Savoy , which meant that it became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 . In 1863, King Victor Emmanuel II granted the town town charter .
population
traffic
Cavallermaggiore has a train station on the Turin - Savona railway line . A railway line branches off from here to Alessandria .
economy
From 1972 to 1991, the car body construction company Carrozzeria Saturn was based in Cavallermaggiore , which produced a total of around 600 cars for the American luxury brand Stutz .
Personalities
- Marco Arnolfo (* 1952), Archbishop of Vercelli, was born in Cavallermaggiore
- Ascanio Sobrero (1812–1888), Italian chemist and inventor of nitroglycerine , lived in Cavallermaggiore for a long time
- Gianmaria Testa (1958–2016), Italian songwriter , was born in Cavallermaggiore
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Alessandro Sannia: Enciclopedia dei carrozzieri italiani , Aesthetica 2017, ISBN 978-8896796412 , p. 492 f.