Casagiove

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =
official_name = Casagiove
name = Casagiove
region = Campania
province = Province of Caserta (CE)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 6.3
population_as_of = Dec. 2004
population_total = 14810
population_density_km2 = 2347
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|4|N|14|19|E|type:city(14,810)_region:IT
frazioni =
telephone = 0823
postalcode = 81022
gentilic =
saint =
day =
mayor = |Vincenzo Melone website = www.comune.casagiove.ce.it/
mapy = 14.3167
mapx = 41.0667

Casagiove is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km north of Naples and about 1 km west of Caserta. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 14,810 and an area of convert|6.3|km2|ha.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]

Casagiove borders the following municipalities: Casapulla, Caserta, Macerata Campania, Recale, San Nicola la Strada, San Prisco.

It was built in an area previously colonized by Ancient Greek. In fact its name means "Iupiter's house", because there was an ancient temple dedicated to this divinity. The Appia, the famous road built by Romans to link the "caput mundi" to the deep south, passed by here. Until the half 19th century it was divided in two parts:Casanova ("New house") and Cuccagna.

It was famous and rich because it was near Capua, the second city of the Roman Empire. On Casagiove's hill Hannibal, before invading Rome, stopped for some weeks.In Casagiove many people who were working for the construction of the Royal Palace of Caserta lived. Then it became a military quarter.

Casagiove is a residential town. There is almost nothing worth visiting.

In Casagiove there is a very famous gymnastic society, the Gymnasium Casagiove, that now challenges in the second category. Many national athlete passed by here.

Demographic evolution

Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8)

ImageSize = width:455 height:303PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30DateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:16000TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo

BarData= bar:1861 text:1861 bar:1871 text:1871 bar:1881 text:1881 bar:1901 text:1901 bar:1911 text:1911 bar:1921 text:1921 bar:1931 text:1931 bar:1936 text:1936 bar:1951 text:1951 bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1971 text:1971 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001

PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left

bar:1861 from: 0 till:4222 bar:1871 from: 0 till:4627 bar:1881 from: 0 till:4780 bar:1901 from: 0 till:5683 bar:1911 from: 0 till:5769 bar:1921 from: 0 till:5933 bar:1931 from: 0 till:6368 bar:1936 from: 0 till:6403 bar:1951 from: 0 till:7929 bar:1961 from: 0 till:8882 bar:1971 from: 0 till:9542 bar:1981 from: 0 till:14605 bar:1991 from: 0 till:15250 bar:2001 from: 0 till:14821

PlotData=

bar:1861 at:4222 fontsize:XS text: 4222 shift:(-8,5) bar:1871 at:4627 fontsize:XS text: 4627 shift:(-8,5) bar:1881 at:4780 fontsize:XS text: 4780 shift:(-8,5) bar:1901 at:5683 fontsize:XS text: 5683 shift:(-8,5) bar:1911 at:5769 fontsize:XS text: 5769 shift:(-8,5) bar:1921 at:5933 fontsize:XS text: 5933 shift:(-8,5) bar:1931 at:6368 fontsize:XS text: 6368 shift:(-8,5) bar:1936 at:6403 fontsize:XS text: 6403 shift:(-8,5) bar:1951 at:7929 fontsize:XS text: 7929 shift:(-8,5) bar:1961 at:8882 fontsize:XS text: 8882 shift:(-8,5) bar:1971 at:9542 fontsize:XS text: 9542 shift:(-8,5) bar:1981 at:14605 fontsize:XS text: 14605 shift:(-8,5) bar:1991 at:15250 fontsize:XS text: 15250 shift:(-8,5) bar:2001 at:14821 fontsize:XS text: 14821 shift:(-8,5)

TextData= fontsize:S pos:(20,20) text:Data from ISTAT

References