Vignola (Emilia-Romagna)

Vignola
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Modena  (MO)
Local name	Vgnóla
Coordinates	44 ° 29 '  N , 11 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 28 '51 "  N , 11 ° 0' 8"  E
surface	22 km²
Residents	25,717 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,169 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	41058
prefix	059
ISTAT number	036046
Popular name	Vignolesi
Website	www.comune.vignola.mo.it
The castle of Vignola

Vignola (German outdated Walzburg ) is an Italian municipality with 25,717 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Modena . The Unione Terre di Castelli (Union of the Lands of Castles) has its seat here.

economy

Vignola's economy is still partly dominated by agriculture, but is tied to fruit growing (cherries, plums ...) and their marketing and processing. The cherry from Vignola, the "Mora di Vignola" (dark red from Vignola), is known nationwide.

The machine and service industries are also important.

traffic

Vignola is on the Casalecchio – Vignola railway and the former Modena – Vignola railway .

Worth seeing

• Museo Civico di Vignola (Municipal Museum)
• Rocca di Vignola (The Castle)
• Palazzo dei Contrari (Palace of the "Opponents")
• Palazzo Boncompagni (or Palazzo Barozzi)
• Torre Galvani e giardino pensile (Galvani Tower with Hanging Garden)

Festivals

During the cherry blossom season (March - April), a festival dedicated to her is held every year, the Festa dei ciliegi in fiore : floats decorated with flowers pull through the city, from which flowers and sweets are thrown at the audience. A few weeks after the flowering period (first weekend in June) the exhibition “Vignola è tempo di ciliegie” (Vignola, the time of the cherries) begins, a celebration of the typical fruit of Vignola.

Twin cities

The following partnerships exist:

• Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (France), since 1982
• Witzenhausen in Hessen, also an important growing area for cherries since 1995
• Angol (Chile), since 1998

We have friendly relationships with Westhoffen in Alsace (France), Pinzolo in Trentino and Sant'Oreste near Rome (Italy), with Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech Republic), Zabrze in Silesia and Opole (Poland).

sons and daughters of the town

• Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507–1573), Mannerist architect
• Laura Garavini (* 1966), politician
• Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750), historian, librarian and theologian
• Francesco Selmi (1817–1881), chemist
• Gianni Zanasi (* 1965), screenwriter and film director

Web links

Commons : Vignola  - album with pictures, 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. ↑ Vignola - Gemellaggi website , accessed on October 13, 2017