Montese

Montese
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Modena  (MO)
Local name	Muntês
Coordinates	44 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 16 '10 "  N , 10 ° 56' 45"  E
height	842  m slm
surface	80.80 km²
Residents	3,286 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	41055
prefix	059
ISTAT number	036026
Popular name	Montesini
Patron saint	San Lorenzo (August 10th)
Website	www.comune.montese.mo.it

Montese is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 3286 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna .

geography

The municipality is located about 41.5 kilometers south of Modena in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines at an altitude of 842  m slm Montese borders directly on the metropolitan city of Bologna . The Panaro River forms the north-western boundary of the municipality.

history

On April 17, 1945, during the Allied Forces' spring offensive in Italy , troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Corps were able to liberate the community of the Goths from the German occupation. Near Fortaleza (state of Ceará ) there is a place named after Montese in memory of this event.

Web links

Commons : Montese  - 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.