Cavriago

Cavriago
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Reggio Emilia  (RE)
Local name	Quariégh, Queriégh
Coordinates	44 ° 42 ′  N , 10 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
height	78  m slm
surface	17.00 km²
Residents	9,848 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	579 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	42025
prefix	0522
ISTAT number	035017
Popular name	Cavriaghesi
Patron saint	John the Baptist
Website	Cavriago

Cavriago is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 9848 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 8.5 kilometers west of Reggio nell'Emilia . The Enza flows 6.5 kilometers west of Cavriago.

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 996. The document from the archives of the Capitular Parma is still preserved today and records the donation of a fortification called Corviaco by the Countess Rolenda, an (illegitimate) daughter of Hugo I , to Paulone Bovini (or Paulone Bruini) on December 1, 996. However, the Name already on a Roman foundation ( curvus ager , through the mountainous region). In view of the Via Emilia, which runs a few kilometers to the north, this conclusion is obvious.

traffic

The State Road 9 runs four kilometers north of Cavriago Reggio Emilia to Parma. There are two stops on the non-electrified railway line from Reggio nell'Emilia to Canossa-Ciano d'Enza in Cavriago.

Personalities

• Orietta Berti (* 1945), singer and television personality

Trivia

One of the few Lenin monuments in Western Europe is in Cavriago . The Marxist-Leninist Party of Italy will remember him here in January.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.