Isola della Scala

Isola della Scala
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona  (VR)
Local name	Ìxoła deła Scała
Coordinates	45 ° 16 '  N , 11 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 16 '0 "  N , 11 ° 8' 0"  E
height	31  m slm
surface	69.9 km²
Residents	11,538 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	165 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37063
prefix	045
ISTAT number	023040
Popular name	Isolani
Patron saint	James the Elder
Website	Isola della Scala

Isola della Scala is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,538 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Verona in Veneto . The municipality is located about 18 kilometers south of Verona .

history

The place was formerly called Isola dei Conti , Latin: Insula Cenensis . The current name goes back to the Scaligeri (or della Scala ) family, who ruled here from the 13th century. From the 15th century, Isola della Scala was also part of the Republic of Venice .

traffic

The municipality is crossed by the Strada statale 12 dell'Abetone e del Brennero from Verona to Modena . There is a train station on the route from Verona to Bologna . From here the Verona- Rovigo railway branches off .

Community partnerships

Isola della Scala maintains partnerships with the French municipality of Eaubonne in the Val-d'Oise department and with the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Budenheim (Germany).

Personalities

• Giulio Bevilacqua (1881-1965), cardinal
• Riccardo Meggiorini (* 1985), football player
• Eros Poli (* 1963), cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion
• Ferdinando Monfardini (* 1984), racing car driver
• Michele Scartezzini (* 1992), cyclist

Web links

Commons : Isola della Scala  - 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.