Collegno

Collegno
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '0 "  N , 7 ° 35' 0"  E
height	302  m slm
surface	18 km²
Residents	49,615 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,756 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10093
prefix	011
ISTAT number	001090
Popular name	Collegnesi
Patron saint	St. Laurence
Website	www.comune.collegno.gov.it
Fountain in the center of Collegno

Collegno ( Piedmontese Colègn ) is a municipality with 49,615 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region . The municipality covers an area of ​​18 km².

The patron saint of the place is St. Lawrence .

geography

The municipality is located about 10 kilometers west of Turin on the Dora Riparia river , which flows into the Po near Turin .

The neighboring municipalities are Druento , Venaria Reale , Turin , Pianezza , Rivoli and Grugliasco .

history

On April 29 and 30, 1945, 68 Italian partisans and civilians were killed by retreating German armed forces in Collegno and the neighboring municipality of Grugliasco .

Community partnerships

Sister cities and municipalities Collegnos are:

Antony , France, since 1991 Sárospatak , Hungary, since 1994 Wolschski , Russia, since 1970 Neubrandenburg , Germany, since 1970 Cerdanyola del Vallès , Spain, since 1980

San Gregorio Magno , Italy, since 1980 Ousseltia, Tunisia, since 1997 Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1998 Havířov , Czech Republic, since 1999 Rocchetta Sant'Antonio , Italy, since 1999

There are also friendship agreements with

• Matanzas , Cuba, since 1997
• Gaiba , Italy, since 2003
• Barra do Garças , Brazil, since 2006

supporting documents

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Grugliasco-Collegno on gedenkorte-europa.eu, the homepage of Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945

Web links

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