Sant'Agostino | ||
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Comune | ||
Comune di Sant'Agostino | ||
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Location of Sant'Agostino in Italy | ||
Coordinates: 44°48′N 11°23′E / 44.800°N 11.383°E | ||
Country | Italy | |
Region | Emilia-Romagna | |
Province / Metropolitan city | Ferrara (FE) | |
Frazioni | Dosso, San Carlo | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Fabrizio Toselli | |
Area | ||
• Total | 35.2 km2 (13.6 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) | |
Population (31 December 2010) | ||
• Total | 7,106 | |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Postal code | 44047 | |
Dialing code | 0532 | |
Website | Official website |
Sant'Agostino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Bologna and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Ferrara.
Sant'Agostino borders the following municipalities: Bondeno, Cento, Galliera, Mirabello, Pieve di Cento, Poggio Renatico.
Two workers died in a Sant'Agostino ceramics factory when the building collapsed during an earthquake which hit the region in the early morning on May 20, 2012.
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.