Goro

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Goro
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Goro (Italy)
Goro
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Ferrara  (FE)
Local name Brat
Coordinates 44 ° 51 '  N , 12 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 51 '0 "  N , 12 ° 18' 0"  E
height 1  m slm
surface 31 km²
Residents 3,642 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 117 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 44020
prefix 0532
ISTAT number 038025
Website Goro

Goro is a municipality in the Italian province of Ferrara with 3642 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy .

Geographical location

The town, with a municipal area of ​​31.4 km², is located on the Po di Goro , the southernmost of the two tributaries of the Po , into which this river forks at a point called the Porta del Delta (Delta Gate) before it enters the Adriatic Sea flows out. (The more northern of the two branches is called Po di Venezia .) Neighboring communities are Ariano nel Polesine ( RO ), Codigoro and Mesola . The distance to the provincial capital Ferrara is 55 kilometers.

history

Goro is located in an area that has been wrested from the Adriatic Sea through lengthy, arduous drainage campaigns over generations. The place originated in the 18th century and is - like the places Mezzogoro and Codigoro - named after the Po di Goro (The fact that the further inland places Codigoro and Mezzogoro are also named after the Po di Goro comes from this: that the bed of this side arm has changed significantly over the centuries: In the Middle Ages, the Po di Goro at Codigoro branched off from the Po di Volano side arm, which ran further south , flowed from there in a northerly direction past Mezzogoro and then turned before Ariano to the east in the direction of the sea. The Po then paved a new path to the eastern section of the Po di Gorao, whereupon the section between Codigoro and Ariano silted up, only to disappear completely in the course of the drainage measures.). Goro was initially a fishing village and then developed into an important fishing port in the northern Adriatic. The main sources of income for the community are deep-sea fishing and mussel farming on the mussel beds of the Goro Lagoon, where mainly clams are harvested.

Attractions

  • Fishing port: fish market and auction of fish by ear.
  • Goro Lighthouse ( Faro di Goro ): A popular starting point, especially for motor yachts and sailing ships, in a largely untouched lagoon landscape with typical vegetation and bird life.

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Milva (* 1939), singer and actress

Population development

Web links

Individual evidence

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