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Castelfranco Emilia
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Inhabitants of Italy are referred to as Italians. Their official language is Standard Italian, descendant of Tuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin. The word Italy is derived from the Homeric Aeolic word which means bull. Italy is subject to highly diverse weather conditions in autumn, winter, and spring. The country has the fifth highest population density in Europe at 193 persons per square kilometer. Today, despite regional variations in the form of accents and vowel emphasis, Italian is fully comprehensible to most throughout the country.
Castelfranco Emilia is a town in Italy in the province of Modena, region of Emilia-Romagna. It has roughly 24,900 inhabitants and covers an area of 102 square kilometers. The town lies 16 miles northwest of Bologna. Castelfranco either occupies or lies near the site of the ancient Forum Gallorum, a place on the Via Aemilia between Mutina and Bologna, where in 43 B.C. Octavian and Hirtius defeated Mark Antony.
Castelfranco Emilia has a population of 25.096 inhabitants and a surface of 102,5 square kilometers thus showing a population density of 244,84 inhabitants per square kilometer. It rises 42 meters above the sea level. Castelfranco Emilia enjoys a very good reputation amongst worldwide travelers and hence is one of the most visited places in Italy.
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