Moncalieri

Moncalieri
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 0 ′  N , 7 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  E
height	260  m slm
surface	48 km²
Residents	57,465 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,197 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10024
prefix	011
ISTAT number	001156
Popular name	Moncalieresi
Patron saint	Bernard of Baden
Website	Moncalieri

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Moncalieri ( Piedmontese Moncalé , Latin Mons Calerius or Mons Calerii ) is a municipality with 57,465 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region . It is the second largest city in the province and is located in the urban area of ​​Turin.

The neighboring municipalities are Turin , Pecetto Torinese , Nichelino , Cambiano , Trofarello , Vinovo , La Loggia , Villastellone and Carignano .

The municipality covers an area of ​​47 km². The renowned coachbuilder Maggiora was based in Moncalieri .

Town twinning

Moncalieri maintains a 1989 twinning with the Greek city Argiroupoli and since 1990 with the German town of Baden-Baden .

Bernhard the Second of Baden

Margrave Bernhard II of Baden , who died of the plague in Moncalieri on July 15, 1458 , was buried in the city's Marienkirche. The tomb was and is a destination for pilgrimages . Bernhard was beatified in 1769. In 2011, a canonization process was opened by the Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch .

observatory

In 1859 the teacher, meteorologist and astronomer, Father Francesco Denza , set up a meteorological observatory in the former Barnabite College, Real Collegio Carlo Alberto di Moncalieri . In the following years he organized a national weather observation network from Moncalieri , from which the Società Meteorologica Italiana emerged . The weather station in the Collegio Carlo Alberto still exists. The Italian Meteorological Society has its headquarters there again.

Memorial plaque for the fallen of the Second World War, the partisans and the Nazi victims from Moncaliere

Sons and daughters of the church

• Pietro Canonica (1869–1959), composer and sculptor
• Rosario Scalero (1870–1954), violinist, music teacher and composer
• Umberto Malvano (1884–1971), football player, referee and official as well as engineer
• Rinaldo Sattanino (1926–1945), resistance fighter
• Giuliana Calandra (1936-2018), actress
• Sergio Chiamparino (* 1948), politician (PD)
• Mauro Rivella (* 1963), Secretary of the Holy See's Property Administration
• Emanuele Canonica (* 1971), professional golfer
• Roberto Molinaro (* 1972), DJ
• Gabry Ponte (* 1973), DJ and music producer
• Luca Argentero (* 1978), actor
• Chiara Appendino (* 1984), politician (M5S)
• Enrico Peruffo (* 1985), road cyclist
• Cristina Chiabotto (* 1986), TV presenter
• Mattia Casse (* 1990), ski racer
• Andrea Cassinelli (* 1993), short tracker
• Luca Frigo (* 1993), ice hockey player
• Rossella Ratto (* 1993), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Moncalieri  - 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.