Poggio Rusco

Poggio Rusco
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Mantua  (MN)
Local name	al pos
Coordinates	44 ° 59 '  N , 11 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 '39 "  N , 11 ° 7' 9"  E
height	16  m slm
surface	42.35 km²
Residents	6,542 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	154 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	46025
prefix	0386
ISTAT number	020042
Popular name	Poggesi
Patron saint	Maria
Website	Poggio Rusco

Poggio Rusco is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 6542 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Mantua in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 33 kilometers southeast of Mantua and borders directly on the province of Modena ( Emilia-Romagna ).

history

While the actual place name does not appear in a document until 1332, the area around Poggio Rusco was owned by Otto III as early as 1082. given to the Bishop of Mantua to please Countess Mathilde von Canossa .

Parish partnership

Poggio Rusco has a partnership with the French community of Condé-sur-Noireau in the Calvados department .

Personalities

• Arnoldo Mondadori (1889–1971), publisher

traffic

Strada Statale 12 dell'Abetone e del Brennero (from Verona to Modena ) and the former Strada Statale 496 Virgiliana (today: provincial road from Mantua to Ferrara ) run through the municipality . Poggio Rusco station is served by trains on the Verona – Bologna line and by trains on the Suzzara – Ferrara line.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Poggio Rusco  - collection of images, videos and audio files