Sant'Agostino, Emilia–Romagna explained

Sant'Agostino
Coordinates:44.8°N 34°W
Region:Emilia-Romagna
Province:Ferrara (FE)
Comune:Terre del Reno
Area Total Km2:35.2
Population Total:7106
Population As Of:31 December 2010[1]
Elevation M:15
Postal Code:44047
Area Code:0532

Sant'Agostino was a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 35km (22miles) north of Bologna and about 20km (10miles) west of Ferrara. From 1 January 2017 the comune was unified with Mirabello and the new municipality took the name of Terre del Reno.

Earthquake victims

Two workers died in a Sant'Agostino ceramics factory when the building collapsed during an earthquake which hit the region in the early morning of May 20, 2012.[2]

The following day the affected region, which extended to Lombardy and Veneto, experienced a succession of aftershocks, the strongest of which took place in the early afternoon and was itself rated at 5.1 on the Richter scale.

Notes and References

  1. Data from Istat
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135898 BBC News report of earthquake damage