Montebello della Battaglia

Montebello della Battaglia
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Pavia  (PV)
Coordinates	45 ° 0 ′  N , 9 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
height	110  m slm
surface	15.83 km²
Residents	1,543 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	97 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	27054
prefix	0383
ISTAT number	018095
Popular name	Montebellesi
Patron saint	Santi Gervaso e Protaso

Montebello della Battaglia is an Italian commune with 1543 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the southwest of the Lombardy region . The addition of the name della Battaglia refers to two battles that were fought in Montebello.

On June 9th, 1800 Napoleonic troops defeated the Austrians near Montebello (→ Battle of Montebello (1800) ).

At the beginning of the second Italian War of Independence , the allied French and Piedmontese fought at Montebello on May 21, 1859 against Austrian associations, which initially gained the upper hand. Piedmontese cavalry units prevented an Austrian victory. French reinforcements then decided the battle in favor of the allied French and Piedmontese.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

• The official site of the city (it.)