Mirandola (Emilia-Romagna)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Emilia-Romagna | |
province | Modena (MO) | |
Local name | La Miràndla | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 53 ' N , 11 ° 4' E | |
height | 18 m slm | |
surface | 137 km² | |
Residents | 24.091 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 176 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 41037 | |
prefix | 0535 | |
ISTAT number | 036022 | |
Popular name | Mirandolesi | |
Website | Mirandola |
Mirandola is a town with 24,091 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) in the northern Italian province of Modena in the region Emilia-Romagna . The municipal area is 137 km².
Town twinning
Mirandola maintains the following cities a twinning :
- Ostfildern , since 1987/88, official town twinning since 2002
Geographical location
The neighboring municipalities are Bondeno ( FE ), Cavezzo , Concordia sulla Secchia , Finale Emilia , Medolla , Poggio Rusco ( MN ), San Felice sul Panaro , San Giovanni del Dosso (MN), San Possidonio and Sermide (MN).
The earthquake in 2012 in Mirandola several people were killed.
sons and daughters of the town
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (* 1463, † 1494 in Florence), most important humanist and philosopher of the Renaissance , a café on the town square ( Piazza Costituente ) is named after him.
- Antonio Bernardi (* 1502, † 1565 in Bologna), philosopher.
- Giovanni Battista Susio (* 1519, † 1583), writer.
- Lodovico Pico della Mirandola (* 1668, † 1743 in Rome), cardinal.
- Paolo Golinelli (* 1947), historian.
- Nicola Rizzoli (* 1971), referee.
See also
Web links
Commons : Mirandola - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Thousands lose their homes due to earthquake - Deutschlandradio from May 29, 2012