Solferino ( Italian: Solferino ) is a commune in Italy , located in the Lombardy region , subordinated to the administrative center of Mantova . Located on a hill south of Lake Garda , 7 km west of the Mincio River.
| Commune | |
| Solferino | |
|---|---|
| ital. Solferino | |
 | |
| A country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Provinces | Mantova |
| History and Geography | |
| Area | 13 km² |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 2,606 people ( 2017 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | (+39) 0376 |
| Postcode | 46040 |
| Car code | |
| ISTAT Code | 020063 |
As of September 2017, the population is 2606 people [1] , the population density is 202 people / km².
On June 12 ( 24 ), 1859 , a battle between the Austrian, French and Sardinian armies took place near Solferino, under the command of the emperors Franz Joseph , Napoleon III and Victor Emmanuel, respectively, which in the 19th century were considered the most bloody [2] . The number of wounded and dead prompted the Swiss doctor and public figure Henri Dunant , who was at that time in Solferino, to initiate the creation of the international Red Cross movement [3] .
Population
| 1990 | 2009 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2100 [3] | 2308 | 2528 | 2590 | 2577 | 2590 | 2642 | 2641 |
Twin Cities
- Solferino , France (1963)
- Chatillon-sur-Indre , France (2003)
Notes
- ↑ Bilancio demografico anno 2017 (dati provvisori) (Italian) . Istat.it. Date of treatment February 8, 2018.
- ↑ Vodovozov, V.V. Solferino // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1900. - T. XXXa. - S. 841-842.
- ↑ 1 2 Countries of the world. Dictionary. - M .: Science, 1998.