Cerignola

Cerignola
Comune
Comune di Cerignola
Chiesa del Carmine in Cerignola.
Cerignola Location of Cerignola in Italy
Coordinates: 41°16′N 15°54′E / 41.267°N 15.900°E / 41.267; 15.900
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province / Metropolitan city	Foggia (FG)
Frazioni	Angeloni, Borgo Libertà, Borgo Tressanti, Cerignola Campagna, Moschella, Pozzo Terraneo
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Giannatempo
Area
• Total	593.71 km2 (229.23 sq mi)
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	59,103
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cerignolani or Cerignolesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	71042
Dialing code	0885
Patron saint	Madonna of Ripalta
Saint day	September 8
Website	Official website

Cerignola [tʃeriɲˈɲɔːla] is a town and comune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast from the town of Foggia. It has the third-largest land area of any comune in Italy, at 593.71 square kilometres (229.23 sq mi), after Rome and Ravenna.

Cerignola occupies the site of Furfane, a station on the Via Traiana between Canusium and Herdoniae.

It was a municipium during the Roman Empire and was rebuilt after a great earthquake in 1731, and has a considerable agricultural trade. In 1503 the Spaniards under Gonzalo de Córdoba defeated the French under Louis d'Armagnac (6th Duke of Nemours) below the town, a victory which ensured Spain the rule over the kingdom of Naples (see battle of Cerignola) and is considered the first battle whose outcome was determined by gunpowder.

It is the native town of philologist Nicola Zingarelli, founder of the Zingarelli Italian dictionary, and syndicalist Giuseppe Di Vittorio. Achille La Guardia, father of Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York, originated from here.