Isola Sant'Antonio

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Isola Sant'Antonio
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Isola Sant'Antonio (Italy)
Isola Sant'Antonio
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Alessandria  (AL)
Coordinates 45 ° 2 '  N , 8 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 1 '52 "  N , 8 ° 51' 4"  E
height 76  m slm
surface 23.55 km²
Residents 659 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 15050
prefix 0131
ISTAT number 006087
Popular name Isolani
Patron saint Sant'Antonio da Padova (June 13th)
Website Isola Sant'Antonio municipality
View of Isola Sant'Antonio
View of Isola Sant'Antonio

Isola Sant'Antonio ( Piedmontese Ìsola Sant Antòni ) is a municipality with 659 (as of December 31, 2019) inhabitants in the Italian province of Alessandria (AL), Piedmont region .

geography

The place is about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Alessandria and about 92 km east of the regional capital Turin in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2 546 GG. Isola Sant'Antonio is at 76  m slm and together with Molino dei Torti (also 76  m slm ) is the lowest place in Piedmont. The municipality covers an area of ​​23.55  km² , through the municipality flow the rivers Po and Scrivia .

The neighboring municipalities are Alluvioni Piovera , Alzano Scrivia , Bassignana , Casei Gerola ( PV ), Castelnuovo Scrivia , Cornale e Bastida ( PV ), Gambarana , Guazzora , Mezzana Bigli ( PV ), Molino dei Torti , Pieve del Cairo ( PV ) and Sale .

history

The place was created in 1545 when the Isimbardi farmers settled. The name Isola (Italian island) refers to the location between the three rivers Po, Scrivia and Tanaro (not in the municipality), Sant'Antonio refers to a chapel dedicated to Anthony of Padua in the town center, a few meters north of the church . The place consisted of the three parts Inferno (so called for the first time in 1648), Purgatorio (destroyed by a flood of the Po and rebuilt as Brusa Vecchia ) and Paradiso (all three place names as in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy ). The place became an independent municipality in 1818 by a decree of Viktor Emanuel I.

Attractions

  • Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova , church in the center of the village on Piazza Garibaldi, which was built as a small church from 1802 to 1810 and was demolished in 1819. The current church was built between 1819 and 1827.
  • Images by Isola Sant'Antonio

  • The Church of Sant'Antonio da Padova

  • The town hall

Web links

Commons : Isola Sant'Antonio  - 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. ↑ a b tuttitalia.it: Isola Sant'Antonio. Retrieved January 12, 2019 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on January 12, 2019 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ tuttitalia.it: Comuni piemontesi per altitudine. Retrieved January 12, 2019 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Website of the municipality of Isola Sant'Antonio on the history of the place , accessed on January 12, 2018 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova <Isola Sant'Antonio> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on January 12, 2019 (Italian)