| Comune di Rottofreno | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Piacenza (PC) |
| Mayor | Giulio Maserati |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Area | 34. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Piacenza (Provincia di Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. 5 km² (13 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2004-12-31) | |
| - Total | 9,670 |
| - Density | 280/km² (725/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | |
| Dialing code | 0523 |
| Postal code | 29010 |
| Frazioni | San Nicolò a Trebbia, Santimento, Centora |
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Rottofreno borders the following municipalities: Borgonovo Val Tidone, Calendasco, Chignolo Po, Gragnano Trebbiense, Monticelli Pavese, Piacenza, Sarmato. Borgonovo Val Tidone ( Piacentine dialect: Burgnöv) is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian Calendasco is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest Chignolo Po is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Gragnano Trebbiense is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 Monticelli Pavese is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southeast Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a Sarmato is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 km northwest
The main settlement of the comune is San Nicolò, which has more inhabitants than Rottofreno proper.
Name
According to a legend, the name (meaning "Broken bit") derives from an event occurred during the Carthaginian invasion of Italy (218-201 BC), when Hannibal allegedly broke here the bit of his horse. The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC and were probably the largest wars yet of the ancient Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash The event is also remember in the city's coat of arms. In reality the origin of the name are the from the Lombard roth ("glory") and fridu ("friendship", "safeness").
Main sights
- The great Baroque church of St. John the Baptist (1690) in the frazione of Santimento
Demographic evolution
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