Soresina

Soresina
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Cremona (CR)
Local name	Sùresina
Coordinates	45 ° 18 ' N , 9 ° 51' E Coordinates: 45 ° 18 '0 " N , 9 ° 51' 0" E
height	69 m slm
surface	28 km²
Residents	8,857 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	316 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	26015
prefix	0374
ISTAT number	019098
Popular name	Soresinesi
Patron saint	Syrus
Website	Soresina

Soresina is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 8857 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Cremona in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 22 kilometers northwest of Cremona and about 15 kilometers southeast of Crema between the rivers Serio (about 11 kilometers in the west) and Oglio about 6 kilometers in the northeast.

history

The village was probably built between the 10th and 11th centuries. The place name should be derived from the Sol Regina (Queen Sun) contained in the coat of arms . Probably the first time Soresina was destroyed by Lothar III. between 1133 and 1136.

Church of the Madonna della Mercede

Districts

Chiaviche, Dossi Pisani, Moscona and Olzano are located next to the main town in the municipality.

Personalities

Carlo Azzini (1935–2020), racing cyclist
Maurizio Galli (1936–2008), Bishop of Fidenza
Massimiliano Salini (* 1973), politician
Danilo Toninelli (* 1974), politician

traffic

Soresina is on the former Strada Statale 498 Soncinese , which has been downgraded to a provincial road. The Cremona – Iseo railway has been closed since 1958. Today's station is now served by trains on the Treviglio – Cremona line.

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ ISTAT - Dettaglio località abitate

Web links

Commons : Soresina - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

[2] ISTAT - Dettaglio località abitate