Pontevico

Pontevico
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Puntìc
Coordinates	45 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 16 '20 "  N , 10 ° 5' 30"  E
height	55  m slm
surface	29 km²
Residents	7,060 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	243 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25026
prefix	030
ISTAT number	017149
Popular name	pontevichesi
Website	Side of the community

Pontevico is a municipality with 7060 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in the Italian region of Lombardy and is located in the ancient region of Venetia et Histria .

geography

The municipality is located 32 km from Brescia on the border with the province of Cremona on the Oglio .

The districts are Bettegno, Campazzo, Chiesuola (Dossi), Gauzza, Incassano and Torchiera. The neighboring municipalities are Alfianello , Bassano Bresciano , Corte de 'Frati ( CR ), Robecco d'Oglio (CR), San Gervasio Bresciano , Verolanuova and Verolavecchia . The municipality belongs to the Regione Agraria n.13 - Pianura Bresciana Centrale and to the Parco dell'Oglio Nord

Agriculture and the textile industry provide the majority of jobs. Around 40% of the population are employed.

history

In the 11th century the Brescians founded a castle in Pontevico, which belonged to the Martinengo family until 1127 . In May 1208, the Podestà, set up by Cremona in Brescia , was expelled from Milan and Brescia, which had allied, and withdrew to the Pontevico Castle, which was also lost in September of that year. During his clashes with the Lombards, Emperor Friedrich II camped briefly at Pontevico in 1237 and 1238. In 1251 Conrad IV can also be traced back to Pontevico.

During the War of the Spanish Succession , Prince Eugene had his headquarters in Pontevico in 1701. In 1977 the bridge over the Oglio collapsed.

The joint station of Pontevico and Robecco on the Brescia – Cremona railway line

Personalities

• Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco (* 1943), Archbishop of Genoa and chairman of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) since March 7, 2007

Web links

• Pontevico website (it.)
• Writings on Pontevico in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale
• Literature on Pontevico in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
• Page on Pontevico at the Italian Archives Administration (SIUSA)
• Page at Italia in dettaglio ital./engl.
• Page at Comuni italiani

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ BF. 12314a
3. ↑ BF 2289a
4. ↑ V 1.1 n.2370
5. ↑ BF. 13862b