Collecchio

Collecchio
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Parma  (PR)
Local name	Colèc
Coordinates	44 ° 45 '  N , 10 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 45 '0 "  N , 10 ° 13' 0"  E
height	112  m slm
surface	58 km²
Residents	14,713 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	254 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	43044
prefix	0521
ISTAT number	034009
Popular name	Collecchiesi
Patron saint	St. Prosper
Website	Collecchio

Municipal administration of Collecchio

Collecchio is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,713 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 10 kilometers southwest of Parma on the Taro .

The community is one of the sports centers in Parma. In 1991 Collecchio was the stage of the Giro d'Italia . The community became known as the headquarters of the Parmalat food company , which went bankrupt in 2003/2004 and has been a joint stock company in the grocery business again since 2005.

traffic

The municipality is crossed by Strada Statale 62 . There is a train station in the main town and in Ozzano Taro on the railway line from Parma to La Spezia ( Ferrovia Pontremolese ).

Piazza Libertà

Personalities

• Gerardo Segarelli (around 1240-1300), heretic
• Calisto Tanzi (* 1938), founder of Parmalat

Community partnerships

Collecchio maintains partnerships with the Hessian city of Butzbach (Germany) and the Spanish municipality of Melide in the province of A Coruña .

Web links

Commons : Collecchio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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