Curtatone

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Curtatone
coat of arms
Curtatone (Italy)
Curtatone
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Mantua  (MN)
Local name Cürtatùn
Coordinates 45 ° 9 ′  N , 10 ° 43 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  E
height 20  m slm
surface 67.45 km²
Residents 14,990 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 222 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 46010
prefix 0376
ISTAT number 020021
Popular name Curtatonesi
Patron saint New Year I.
Website Curtatone
Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie

Curtatone is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,990 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Mantua in Lombardy . Since 2002 the municipality has been called città (city). The administrative seat of the municipality is located in the district of Montanara . Fractions are Buscoldo, Eremo, Grazie, Levata, Montanara, Ponteventuno, San Lorenzo, San Silvestro, Curtatone and Mezzalana. Grazie is a member of the I borghi più belli d'Italia association (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

Curtatone is about 6 kilometers west of Mantua below the Parco del Mincio and the river of the Mincio .

history

During the first Italian War of Independence , a battle between the troops of the Austrian Empire under the command of Josef Radetzky and the vastly outnumbered troops of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany took place at Curtatone and Montanara on May 29, 1848 , led by a regiment of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and voluntary associations from Naples as well as students and university professors from various Tuscan universities. The battle ended in an Austrian victory, but helped the allied Piedmontese troops to reorganize and defeat the Austrians at Goito the next day .

traffic

The Strada statale 10 Padana Inferiore runs through the municipality from Turin to Monselice . The Cremona -Mantua railway line runs through the municipality, but the nearest train station is in Castellucchio . At Curtatone there is a small airfield ( Aviosuperficie Città di Curtatone ) for general aviation .

Web links

Commons : Curtatone  - 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.
  2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed July 30, 2017 (Italian).