Vigarano Mainarda

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Vigarano Mainarda
Comune
Comune di Vigarano Mainarda
Vigarano Mainarda is located in Italy
Vigarano Mainarda
Vigarano Mainarda
Location of Vigarano Mainarda in Italy
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Country Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province / Metropolitan city Ferrara (FE)
Frazioni Borgo, Castello, Coronella (partially), Diamantina, Madonna dei Boschi (partially), Tortiola, Vigarano Pieve
Government
 • Mayor Barbara Paron
Area
 • Total 42.3 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Elevation 10 m (30 ft)
Population (31 December 2011)[1]
 • Total 7,626
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Vigaranesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 44049
Dialing code 0532
Website Official website

Vigarano Mainarda is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Bologna and about 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Ferrara.

Vigarano Mainarda borders the following municipalities: Bondeno, Ferrara, Mirabello and Poggio Renatico.

People

Trivia

Vigarano is known in the astronomical community because of the Vigarano meteorite, which fell in 1910 and it is considered the prototype of a class of carbonaceous chondrites known as "CV group" (where the "V" comes from the name Vigarano).[2]

Twin towns

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. [1] Meteoritical Bulletin Database

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons



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