Monticelli d'Ongina

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Monticelli d'Ongina
Comune di Monticelli d'Ongina
Location of Monticelli d'Ongina
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Monticelli d'Ongina is located in Italy
Monticelli d'Ongina
Monticelli d'Ongina
Location of Monticelli d'Ongina in Italy
Monticelli d'Ongina is located in Emilia-Romagna
Monticelli d'Ongina
Monticelli d'Ongina
Monticelli d'Ongina (Emilia-Romagna)
Coordinates: 45°5′N 9°56′E / 45.083°N 9.933°E / 45.083; 9.933
CountryItaly
RegionEmilia-Romagna
ProvincePiacenza (PC)
FrazioniBorgonovo, Fogarole, Isola Serafini, Olza, San Nazzaro, San Pietro in Corte
Government
 • MayorSergio Montanari
Area
 • Total46.4 km2 (17.9 sq mi)
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2017)[2]
 • Total5,290
 • Density110/km2 (300/sq mi)
DemonymMonticellesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
29010
Dialing code0523
WebsiteOfficial website

Monticelli d'Ongina (Piacentino: Muntṡéi [muŋtˈzeːi]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Bologna and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Piacenza.

Monticelli d'Ongina borders the following municipalities: Caorso, Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda, Castelvetro Piacentino, Cremona, Crotta d'Adda, San Pietro in Cerro, Spinadesco, Villanova sull'Arda.

Sights include the rocca (a 15th-century fortress built by Rolando Pallavicino), now housing an ethnographical museum, and the Abbey Basilica.

Natives of Monticelli d'Ongina include the composer Amilcare Zanella.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Population data from ISTAT
  3. ^ Nicolas Slonimsky (1988). The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Schirmer Books. p. 1396. ISBN 978-0-02-872411-9.