Tollo

Tollo
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates	42 ° 20 ′  N , 14 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E
height	152  m slm
surface	14.88 km²
Residents	4,031 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	271 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	66010
prefix	0871
ISTAT number	069090
Popular name	Tollesi
Patron saint	Rosary Festival
Website	Tollo

Tollo is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 4031 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo . The municipality is located about 12 kilometers east of Chieti . Tollo is part of the Unione delle Colline Teatine . It is 6 kilometers to the northeast to the Adriatic .

history

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in a private residence in Tollo . It had a total of 15 rooms and initially accommodated 42 deported Dalmatians who were suspected of being communists . In May 1943 there were 98 Yugoslavs in Tollo who were transferred to other camps for security reasons.

traffic

The A14 autostrada runs through the municipality from Bologna to Taranto . The former railway line from Tollo to Vasto has now been abandoned.

Web links

Commons : Tollo  - 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. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 221-222