Piedimonte San Germano

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Piedimonte San Germano
coat of arms
Piedimonte San Germano (Italy)
Piedimonte San Germano
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 30 '  N , 13 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 29 '50 "  N , 13 ° 45' 1"  E
height 120  m slm
surface 17 km²
Residents 6,464 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 380 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03030
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060052
Popular name Pedemontani
Patron saint Sant'Amasio
Website Piedimonte San Germano

Piedimonte San Germano is an Italian commune in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 6,464 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 123 km southeast of Rome and 45 km southeast of Frosinone .

geography

Piedimonte San Germano is located in the fertile valley of the Liri between the Monte Cairo in the north and the Monti Aurunci in the south. It has been on Via Latina , today's Via Casilina (SS 6), since ancient times . While most of the municipality with the districts of Ruscito and Volla extends over the wide valley floor, Piedimonte Alta is already on a foothill of Monte Cairo. Piedimonte San Germano is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle del Liri .

The neighboring towns are: Belmonte Castello , Cassino , Cervaro , Picinisco , San Biagio Saracinisco , Terelle , Vallerotonda and Villa Latina .

traffic

Piedimonte San Germano is located directly on the A1 / E 45 motorway , Pontecorvo or Cassino exit.

With the Piedimonte San Germano station , the place is on the Rome - Naples railway line .

history

In the 4th century BC The Volscians founded an oppidum on the southern slope of Monte Cairo. With the establishment of the Colonie Interamna Lirenas in 313 BC It came under the name of Pesmons under the Roman rule. Villas and country estates were built in the valley floor.

During the Migration Period , the inhabitants withdrew to the old, easily defended place. In 744 the Lombard Duke of Benevento Gisulf II gave the place to the monastery of Montecassino . After it was destroyed by the Saracens in 846, the Counts of Aquino rebuilt Pesmons castle and claimed Piedimonte for themselves. It was not until 1230 that Monte Cassino finally came about and shared its fate until the founding of the Kingdom of Italy . The last battle of the Austro-Neapolitan War also occurred near San Germano in 1815, which led to the re-establishment of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the rule of the Bourbons .

During the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944, Piedimonte was completely destroyed. From the 1950s it was rebuilt in a modern way, with the public facilities being relocated from Piedimonte Alta to the valley on Via Casilina. With the settlement of industrial companies (FIAT) Piedimonte experienced an economic boom.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 2,727 2,533 2,724 3,525 3,336 3,091 3,045 4,668 4,481 6,042

Source ISTAT

politics

Vincenzo Nocella (Citizen List) was elected Mayor on May 31, 2015. His list Nocella Psg Sindaco also has the majority in the local council with 8 out of 12 seats. His predecessor Domenico Iacovella (citizen list), who was elected mayor in June 2004 and confirmed in office in March 2010, did not run for office anymore.

Twin cities

economy

There is a Fiat factory in the municipality , which currently (2016) produces Alfa Romeo automobiles .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ Election 2015, information from the Ministry of the Interior , accessed on February 10, 2016
  4. ^ Election 2010, information from the Ministry of the Interior , accessed on February 10, 2016