San Pietro in Casale

San Pietro in Casale
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
Metropolitan city	Bologna  (BO)
Local name	San Pîr in Casèl
Coordinates	44 ° 42 ′  N , 11 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E
height	17  m slm
surface	65.8 km²
Residents	12,664 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	192 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	40018
prefix	051
ISTAT number	037055
Popular name	Sanpierini
Patron saint	Peter and Paul
Website	San Pietro in Casale

San Pietro in Casale is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 12,664 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Bologna in Emilia-Romagna . The municipality is located about 21 kilometers north of Bologna and about 23 kilometers southwest of Ferrara .

Church of St. Peter and Paul ( Santi Pietro e Paolo )

history

A place appears as “San Pietro in Casale” for the first time in 1223. In 2002 the community passed the 10,000-inhabitant mark.

Parish partnership

San Pietro in Casale has a partnership with the Czech city of Benešov in Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemia).

traffic

The municipality is about 6 kilometers west of the A13 autostrada , which extends from Padua to Bologna in a north-south direction. The station is almost in the center of the village on the Padua – Bologna railway line .

Daughters and sons of the church

• Adler Capelli (* 1973), track cyclist
• Giovan Battista Fabbri (1926–2015), football player and coach
• Allegro Grandi (1907–1973), racing cyclist

Individual evidence

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