Casteggio

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = casteggio-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Casteggio
name = Casteggio
region = Lombardy
province = Pavia (PV)
elevation_m = 90
area_total_km2 = 17.78
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 6413
population_density_km2 = 359
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|1|N|9|8|E|type:city(6,380)_region:IT
frazioni = Cròtesi, Mairano, Rivetta, San Biagio, Sgarbina, Tronco Nero
telephone = 0383
postalcode = 27045
gentilic = Casteggiani
saint = St. Peter Martyr
day = Monday after Third Sunday in September
mayor = Michele Manfra (since 2004-06-14)
website = [http://www.comune.casteggio.pv.it/ www.comune.casteggio.pv.it]
mapy = 9.13
mapx = 45.017

Casteggio is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,380 and an area of 17.8 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]

Casteggio borders the following municipalities: Borgo Priolo, Calvignano, Casatisma, Corvino San Quirico, Montebello della Battaglia, Oliva Gessi, Robecco Pavese, Verretto.

History

Clastidium was a settlement of the Ligures, belonging to the tribe called Marici by the Romans (and wrongly identified as Celts by Polybius). The location was the site of a major defeat of the Marici by the legions of Marcus Claudius Marcellus, which was celebrated in a tragedy by the Latin poet Naevius. In 218 BC it regained its independence after the Roman defeat in the neighbourhood by Hannibal's army; however it fell again to Roman rule in 197 BC, when it was also set to fire.

Never to recover its former splendour, it was annexed to the colonia of Piacenza, and remained under that city’s control after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

In the Middle Ages Casteggio came under the influence of Pavia, to which it was assigned by Frederick Barbarossa in 1164. In 1441 it was acquired by Cesare Martinengo, and was later ruled by the Simonetta, Sforza, Bentivoglio and Del Carretto dynasties. It was heavily damaged during the Italian Wars of late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Famous people

Casteggio was the birthplace of the explorer Giuseppe Maria Giulietti.

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:8000TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 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:3238 bar:1871 from: 0 till:3547 bar:1881 from: 0 till:3925 bar:1901 from: 0 till:4605 bar:1911 from: 0 till:5290 bar:1921 from: 0 till:5337 bar:1931 from: 0 till:5469 bar:1936 from: 0 till:5687 bar:1951 from: 0 till:6095 bar:1961 from: 0 till:7030 bar:1971 from: 0 till:7813 bar:1981 from: 0 till:7417 bar:1991 from: 0 till:7276 bar:2001 from: 0 till:6337

PlotData=

bar:1861 at:3238 fontsize:XS text: 3238 shift:(-8,5) bar:1871 at:3547 fontsize:XS text: 3547 shift:(-8,5) bar:1881 at:3925 fontsize:XS text: 3925 shift:(-8,5) bar:1901 at:4605 fontsize:XS text: 4605 shift:(-8,5) bar:1911 at:5290 fontsize:XS text: 5290 shift:(-8,5) bar:1921 at:5337 fontsize:XS text: 5337 shift:(-8,5) bar:1931 at:5469 fontsize:XS text: 5469 shift:(-8,5) bar:1936 at:5687 fontsize:XS text: 5687 shift:(-8,5) bar:1951 at:6095 fontsize:XS text: 6095 shift:(-8,5) bar:1961 at:7030 fontsize:XS text: 7030 shift:(-8,5) bar:1971 at:7813 fontsize:XS text: 7813 shift:(-8,5) bar:1981 at:7417 fontsize:XS text: 7417 shift:(-8,5) bar:1991 at:7276 fontsize:XS text: 7276 shift:(-8,5) bar:2001 at:6337 fontsize:XS text: 6337 shift:(-8,5)

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

References