Conselice

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Conselice
coat of arms
Conselice (Italy)
Conselice
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Ravenna  (RA)
Local name Cunsèls
Coordinates 44 ° 31 '  N , 11 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 30 '48 "  N , 11 ° 49' 44"  E
height 6  m slm
surface 60 km²
Residents 9,709 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 162 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 48017
prefix 0545
ISTAT number 039008
Popular name Conselicesi
Patron saint San Martino
Website www.comune.conselice.ra.it

Conselice ( Cunsèls on Romagnol ) is a municipality with 9,709 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Ravenna in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna , it is 46 km east of Bologna and 38 km west of Ravenna .

geography

Conselice is located in the Po Valley south of the Po Delta. The Sillaro flows through the municipality .

It borders the following municipalities: Alfonsine , Argenta ( FE ), Imola ( BO ), Lugo , Massa Lombarda .

history

In ancient times, the city called Caput Silicis was located on a lagoon with a connection to the Adriatic Sea. Caput Silicis means something like "At the end of Via Silicis", whereas "Silicis" means gravel. It was a port city that was important for trade with the city , an ancient city of the Etruscans, and was located at the end of the Via Selice, a Roman road that crosses with the Via Emilia . The first known document, in which the city is referred to as portus de capite selcis , dates from 1084 AD. At that time, the city belonged to Imola , who carried out trade with Venice through the port .

In the 14th century Conselice came to the Papal States , who extended it like a fortress. As early as 1395 it fell to the Estonians from Ferrara . In 1598 it came back to the Papal States until it joined the new Kingdom of Italy after a referendum in 1859.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 5,440 6,860 7,718 8,659 9,120 9,598 9,758 9,075 8,822 9,837

Source: ISTAT

politics

Paola Pula ( PD ) was elected mayor in 2014. She replaced Maurizio Filippucci (PD), who had been mayor since June 2004.

Twin town

Sons and daughters of the place

Conselice is the birthplace of the poet and revolutionary Eleuterio Felice Foresti , later professor at Columbia University and New York University (1842), as well as the USA Consulargenereal in Genoa (1856). Two local public schools are dedicated to him.

Web links

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

swell

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Babini "Dalla Bastia allo Zagnolo: Storia di Conselice" Vol. 1–3
  3. ↑ Cleveland Memory