Coccaglio

Coccaglio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Cocài
Coordinates	45 ° 33 '  N , 9 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 33 '0 "  N , 9 ° 58' 0"  E
surface	11.96 km²
Residents	8,795 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	735 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25030
prefix	030
ISTAT number	017056
Website	http://www.comune.coccaglio.bs.it/

Coccaglio train station in 2008

Coccaglio is a municipality with 8795 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in the Italian region of Lombardy . The neighboring communities are Castrezzato , Chiari , Cologne , Erbusco and Rovato .

Bronze Age finds and a Gallo-Celtic grave are evidence of early settlement. The medieval wall follows the plan of a Roman castrum . Coccaglio was on the "new road" between Brescia and Bergamo attested at the beginning of the 13th century . In 1326 the place came under the rule of Azzo Visconti . In 1426 Coccaglio came to the continental territories of the Serenissima , from which it received several tax privileges. In May 1509, Louis XII. in the village of Feldlager, in March 1528 the mercenaries of Duke Heinrich II of Braunschweig marched here . The madrigal composer Luca Marenzio was most likely born here in 1553. The Franciscan Andrea Manente († 1684), author of a Vita of Saint Faustinus and a history of the Venetian enterprises in the Byzantine Empire, as well as the Capuchins Bonaventure (1713–1778) and Viatore Bianchi (1706–1793) also came from Coccaglio . During the Second Italian War of Independence , the Austrians withdrew from Coccaglio on June 11, 1859, and Garibaldi entered the village the following day.

In a Venetian report from 1610 1,800 inhabitants are noted. Since the 1991 census with 6501 inhabitants, the population has shown a steadily growing trend. 30% of the residents are in dependent employment, of which around 75% are with employers in the municipality, the majority in the manufacturing sector.

A rail link to Brescia was established in 1854, and the extension to Bergamo followed in 1857.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Luca Marenzio (1553 / 54–1599), Renaissance composer
• Vigilio Mario Olmi (1927–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Brescia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cenni storici on the municipality's website
3. ^ Entry in the Dizionario biografico degli Italiani
4. ↑ Entry in the Opac des Servizio bibliotecario nazionale ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Entry in the Opac des Servizio bibliotecario nazionale ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ popolazione on the municipality's website

Web links

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