Isernia

Isernia
Country	Italy
region	Molise
province	Isernia  (IS)
Coordinates	41 ° 36 '  N , 14 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 36 '0 "  N , 14 ° 14' 0"  E
height	423  m slm
surface	68.74 km²
Residents	21,585 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	314 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	86170
prefix	0865
ISTAT number	094023
Popular name	Isernini
Patron saint	San Pietro Celestino (March 19)
Website	Isernia
Panoramic view of Isernia

Isernia is the capital of the Italian province of Isernia in the Molise region of the same name .

The on the edge of Abruzzo located city has 21,585 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) and is the seat of a bishop .

geography

Location of the municipality in the province of Isernia

The neighboring municipalities are Carpinone , Forlì del Sannio , Fornelli , Longano , Macchia d'Isernia , Miranda , Pesche , Pettoranello del Molise , Roccasicura and Sant'Agapito .

history

Antiquity

The ancient city in the same place was called Aesernia .

Modern times

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime established an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Isernia . It was located in a former Benedictine monastery in the town center. The first 76 internees were Italians, Yugoslavs , French , Germans , Romanians , British , Poles , Hungarians ; occasionally they also came from Albania and Syria . Gradually, mainly political opponents , members of Slavic minorities from the border provinces, foreign Jews and Yugoslavs from the areas occupied and annexed by Italy came to Isernia. In the summer of 1941, a former cinema was also set up for this purpose. Since the overcrowding was pronounced and the hygienic conditions left a lot to be desired, the Jewish internees were finally distributed to other camps, while the cinema continued to function as an internment camp for Yugoslavs.

Attractions

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  Panoramic view

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  The Cathedral

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  Inside the cathedral

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  Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta

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  Chiesa della Concezione

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  Fontana Fraterna

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  Ponte Cardarelli

economy

The production of handicraft lace and the food and building materials industries are economically important.

sons and daughters of the town

• Luca Desiata (* 1971), manager and founder of Hebdomada Aenigmatum (Latin crossword puzzle)
• Daniela Sabatino (* 1985), soccer player
• Davide Appollonio (* 1989), racing cyclist

Web links

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

• Christian Hülsen : Aesernia . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 684 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exile in Italy 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 70-71; Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 213-214