Cortemaggiore

Cortemaggiore
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Piacenza  (PC)
Local name	Curtmagiùr
Coordinates	45 ° 0 '  N , 9 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 59 '46 "  N , 9 ° 55' 53"  E
height	48  m slm
surface	36.82 km²
Residents	4,670 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	127 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	29016
prefix	0523
ISTAT number	033018
Popular name	Cortemaggioresi or Magiostrini
Patron saint	Lawrence of Rome
Website	Cortemaggiore

Cortemaggiore is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 4670 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 19 kilometers east-southeast of Piacenza and about 17 kilometers southwest of Cremona .

history

Street scene in the center of Cortemaggiores

The center of Cortemaggiores was founded in 1479 by the margrave Gian Ludovico Pallavicino, although there are remains of settlements from Roman antiquity. A Jewish community also settled there early on. The synagogue was built in 1842.

traffic

The A21 autostrada runs through the municipality towards Cremona and Brescia .

Born in Cortemaggiore

• Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889), astronomer
• Franco Fabrizi (1926–1995 ibid), actor
• Linda Ghisoni (* 1965), theologian, canon lawyer and Roman Catholic curia official

Web links

Commons : Cortemaggiore  - 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.