Santarcangelo di Romagna

Santarcangelo di Romagna
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Rimini  (RN)
Coordinates	44 ° 4 ′  N , 12 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E
height	42  m slm
surface	45.19 km²
Residents	22,362 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	495 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	47822
prefix	0541
ISTAT number	099018
Popular name	Santarcangiolesi
Patron saint	Archangel Michael (September 29)
Website	Santarcangelo di Romagna
Santarcangelo di Romagna

Santarcangelo di Romagna is an Italian municipality with 22,362 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rimini in the Emilia-Romagna region .

geography

The municipality is located about ten kilometers west of Rimini and along the Via Emilia .

The districts of Santarcangelo di Romagna are Canonica, La Giola, Montalbano, San Martino dei Mulini, San Michele and Sant'Ermete. About 10,950 inhabitants live in the eponymous capital.

Santarcangelo di Romagna borders the municipalities of Borghi (FC), Longiano (FC), Poggio Torriana , Rimini , San Mauro Pascoli (FC), Savignano sul Rubicone (FC) and Verucchio .

View from the elevated old town of Santarcangelo di Romagna down to the Po plain . In the center of the picture is the archway Arco di Papa Clemente from the 18th century, which is dedicated to Pope Clement XIV , who came from Santarcangelo .

Culture

The International Theater Festival in Piazza , also known as Santarcangelo dei Teatri , has been held every year since 1971 on the streets and squares of Santarcangelo di Romagna .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli (1705–1774), as Clement XIV , Pope from 1769 to 1774
• Mimma Zavoli (* 1963), San Marinese politician
• Augusto Campana (1906–1995), Italian librarian, philologist, historian and academic

Web links

Commons : Santarcangelo di Romagna  - 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.
2. ↑ Comune di Santarcangelo di Romagna with the population figures from 2011, accessed on August 10, 2019 (Italian)