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Camposanto
Sign in to saveCamposanto (Modenese: ; Mirandolese: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Modena on the Panaro river. Although the name in Italian literally means "holy field", which normally means "cemetery" in Italian, its original (Latin) name, "Campus Sanctus", probably honoured the 14th century Ferrara family of Santi, who owned the land.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Camposanto
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Camposanto
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Camposanto e il fiume Panaro.jpg
- Italian comune.region
- Emilia-Romagna
- Italian comune.province
- Modena (MO)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Monja Zaniboni
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 22.71
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3181
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 April 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Camposantesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 21
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 41031
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0535
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Camposanto
- Demonym
- camposantesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Modena
- Population
- 3296
- Area
- 22.71
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Shares border with
- San Felice sul Panaro
- Official website
- www.comune.camposanto.mo.it
- Image
- Camposanto e il fiume Panaro.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0535
- Licence plate code
- MO
- Patron saint
- Saint Nicholas
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- postal code
- 41031
- native label
- Camposanto
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Camposanto (Modenese: ; Mirandolese: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Modena on the Panaro river. Although the name in Italian literally means "holy field", which normally means "cemetery" in Italian, its original (Latin) name, "Campus Sanctus", probably honoured the 14th century Ferrara family of Santi, who owned the land.
The Battle of Campo Santo was fought here in 1743.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camposanto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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