Piacenza
Italian comune
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Summary
Piacenza is a comune of Italy[1]. Piacenza ranks in the top 0.92% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,440 views/month, #65 of 7,096).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Piacenza[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Instance of: city[5], big city[6]
- Shares border with: Calendasco[7], Caorso[8], Corno Giovine[9], Gossolengo[10], Gragnano Trebbiense[11], Podenzano[12], Pontenure[13], Rottofreno[14], San Rocco al Porto[15], Santo Stefano Lodigiano[16], Caselle Landi[17], Polesine Parmense[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Plasencia[19], Erfurt[20], Tolyatti[21], Placentia[22], Potenza[23]
- Postal code: 29121–29122[24]
- Commons category: Piacenza[25]
- Licence plate code: PC[26]
- Patron saint: Antoninus of Piacenza[27]
- Local dialing code: 0523[28]
- Coordinate location: 45.05, 9.7[29]
- Significant event: Siege of Piacenza[30]
- Official website: https://www.comune.piacenza.it/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Piacenza[32]
- Commons gallery: Piacenza[33]
- Population: 102,181[34], 103,082[35], 102,355[36], 102,465[37]
- Coordinates of northernmost point: 45.11323, 9.7485428[38]
- Coordinates of southernmost point: 44.9932734, 9.7602865[39]
- Coordinates of easternmost point: 45.053017, 9.8252299[40]
- Coordinates of westernmost point: 45.0312109, 9.6007801[41]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[42], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[47], New International Encyclopedia[48]
- Capital of: Province of Piacenza[49]
- Official name: Piacenza[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Piacenza[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Piacenza[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Piacenza include Piacenzian[53], a stage[54] and Province of Piacenza[55], a province of Italy[56], in Italy[57], headquartered in Palazzo della Provincia[58].
Why It Matters
Piacenza has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Piacenza is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Piacenza include Piacenzian[53], a stage[54] and Province of Piacenza[55], a province of Italy[56], in Italy[57], headquartered in Palazzo della Provincia[58].