Quistello

Quistello
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Mantua  (MN)
Local name	Quistèl
Coordinates	45 ° 1 ′  N , 10 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
height	16  m slm
surface	45 km²
Residents	5,418 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	120 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	46026
prefix	0376
ISTAT number	020047
Popular name	Quistellesi
Patron saint	Bartholomew
Website	Quistello

Quistello is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 5418 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Mantua in Lombardy . The community is located about 22 kilometers southeast of Mantua on the Secchia . Quistello borders directly on the province of Modena ( Emilia-Romagna ). The municipality is located a few kilometers south of the Po .

history

The name of the place arose from the Latin custellum . In 1007 the name of the community appears for the first time as a custello . In 1734 the battle of Quistello took place here between Habsburg troops and French and Sardinian troops as part of the War of the Polish Succession .

Economy and Transport

In the area around Quistello wine is grown and Lambrusco is produced from it. The former Strada Statale 496 Virgiliana (now a provincial road) runs through the municipality from Ferrara to San Benedetto Po .

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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