Montechiarugolo

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Montechiarugolo
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Montechiarugolo (Italy)
Montechiarugolo
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Parma  (PR)
Local name Monc'rùggol or Montcrüghel
Coordinates 44 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 '6 "  N , 10 ° 25' 23"  E
height 128  m slm
surface 48.01 km²
Residents 11,160 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 232 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 43022
prefix 0521
ISTAT number 034023
Popular name Montechiarugolesi
Patron saint Quintin
Website Montechiarugolo
Montechiarugolo Castle

Montechiarugolo is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,160 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 13 kilometers southeast of Parma on the Enza . The municipality essentially consists of the five larger localities Basilicagoiano, Basilicanova, Montechiarugolo, Monticelli Terme, Tortiano. The municipality borders the province of Reggio Emilia .

history

The larger towns in the municipality emerged from the 10th century. The county of Montechiarugolo was detached from the county of Guastalla in 1456. This county was sovereign until 1612 when the Duke of Parma , Ranuccio I Farnese , annexed the area.

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime established an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Montechiarugolo . The internees were housed in a medieval fort, the living conditions were extraordinarily modest: there was no electricity or running water, and freedom of movement was restricted. In the summer of 1940 there were over 40 foreign Jews in Montechiarugolo. In mid-December 1940 the camp had 118 internees, mainly British and French. In June 1941 Yugoslav seamen from Dalmatia joined them. After the armistice was announced on September 8, 1943, there were still 103 internees on site, most of whom were able to flee.

Community partnerships

Montechiarugolo has a partnership with the Slovenian city of Izola in the Primorska region .

Web links

Commons : Montechiarugolo  - 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.
  2. ↑ Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exile in Italy 1933-1945 (second volume), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 75-77; Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 179-180