Quartu Sant'Elena

Quartu Sant'Elena
Country	Italy
region	Sardinia
Metropolitan city	Cagliari  (CA)
Local name	Cuartu Sant'Alèni
Coordinates	39 ° 14 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 14 '0 "  N , 9 ° 11' 0"  E
height	6  m slm
surface	96.28 km²
Residents	70,352 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	731 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	09045 09046
prefix	070
ISTAT number	092051
Popular name	Quartesi
Patron saint	Sant'Elena
Website	Quartu Sant'Elena

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Quartu Sant'Elena ( Sardinian : Cuartu Sant'Alèni ) is an Italian municipality with 70,352 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Cagliari .

geography

Quartu Sant'Elena is located east of Cagliari and is only separated from the sea (Golfo dei Angeli) by the salt pans di Stato. The place borders directly on the regional park Stagno di Molentargius .

In the 1970s, Quartu Sant'Elena was still physically separated from Cagliari. But as early as the 1990s, both cities grew together due to the growing population and growing industry. Other neighboring communities are Maracalagonis , Monserrato , Quartucciu and Selargius . The district of Flumini di Quartu also belongs to the municipality.

history

Basilica of Sant'Elena Imperatrice

The name of the city is derived from the distance to Cagliari ( Quartum miles , Latin for "four miles") as well as from the passage there of the mother of Emperor Constantine , Helena (Italian: Santa Elena), from ("Four miles to Santa Elena" ).

The first traces of human existence in Quartu Sant'Elena date from the time of the Phoenicians, as evidenced by the findings of Cepola, Geremeas, Is Mortorius and Separassiu. Roman traces can be found near the Villa Sant'Andrea, a cemetery at S. Martino and some gravestones at Simbirizzi.

During the reign of the Kingdom of Aragon , Quartu Sant'Elena was ravaged by fever, plague, malaria and ongoing raids by Saracen pirates, a decline that spread to all of Sardinia at the time.

In 1793, soldiers from the French fleet landed on the coast of Quartu with the intention of subjugating the whole island. The citizens of the city attacked the French under the leadership of Antonio Pisanu and thwarted the conquest in a bloody battle.

In 1956 Quartu Sant'Elena was granted city rights by Giovanni Gronchi , President of the Republic of Italy.

Web links

Commons : Quartu Sant'Elena  - 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.