Cortemaggiore
Sign in to saveCortemaggiore (Piacentino: ) is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the Province of Piacenza. Cortemaggiore is located in northern Italy about from Milan and from Bologna, in the Po Valley. The municipality borders Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Villanova sull'Arda, Besenzone, San Pietro in Cerro, Caorso, Pontenure and Cadeo.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Cortemaggiore
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Cortemaggiore
- Italian comune.motto
- "Nihil sanctius quam recta fides cum sororibus associata" (Nothing is holier than a true faith combined with other virtues)
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Cortemaggiore-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Emilia-Romagna
- Italian comune.province
- Province of Piacenza (PC)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Chiavenna Landi and San Martino in Olza
- Italian comune.mayor
- Gianluigi Repetti (Casa delle Libertà)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 36
- Italian comune.population_total
- 4345
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Cortemaggioresi or Magiostrini
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 50
- Italian comune.saint
- San Lorenzo (St. Lawrence)
- Italian comune.day
- August 10
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 29016
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0523
- Italian comune.website
- Comune di Cortemaggiore
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Cortemaggiore (Piacentino: ) is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the Province of Piacenza. Cortemaggiore is located in northern Italy about from Milan and from Bologna, in the Po Valley. The municipality borders Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Villanova sull'Arda, Besenzone, San Pietro in Cerro, Caorso, Pontenure and Cadeo.
The town was founded in 1479 by the Pallavicini family, over an old Roman habitation, which had been the capital of the ancient Stato Pallavicino. In 1949 the Italian entrepreneur Enrico Mattei discovered in Cortemaggiore's subsoil an important oilfield; with this oil a gasoline called Supercortemaggiore was produced, the only one refined from Italian oil.