Montecchio Emilia

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Montecchio Emilia
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Montecchio Emilia (Italy)
Montecchio Emilia
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Reggio Emilia  (RE)
Local name Muntèc
Coordinates 44 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 41 '55 "  N , 10 ° 26' 55"  E
height 99  m slm
surface 24.7 km²
Residents 10,517 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 426 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 42027
prefix 0522
ISTAT number 035027
Popular name Montecchiesi
Patron saint Simon Zelotes
Website Montecchio Emilia

Montecchio Emilia is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 10,517 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 14 kilometers west of Reggio nell'Emilia and about 13.5 kilometers southeast of Parma on the Enza , a tributary of the Pos . Since 2008 the municipality has had the title Città (city).

history

In ancient times the settlement was known as Monticulum . Here the Enza on the upper Apennines could be crossed. Later the village and the surrounding villages belonged to the Duchy of Modena and then to the Cispadan Republic .

Personalities

traffic

Today's State Road 9 roughly corresponds to the course of the ancient Via Emilia . It runs a little north of the municipality parallel to the A1 autostrada from Milan towards Florence and Rome .

Web links

Commons : Montecchio Emilia  - 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.