Sant'Agata Bolognese

Sant'Agata Bolognese
Comune
Comune di Sant'Agata Bolognese
Headquarters of Lamborghini
Coat of arms
Location of Sant'Agata Bolognese
Sant'Agata Bolognese Location of Sant'Agata Bolognese in Italy Sant'Agata Bolognese Sant'Agata Bolognese (Emilia-Romagna)
Coordinates: 44°39′45″N 11°08′00″E
Country	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Metropolitan city	Bologna (BO)
Government
• Mayor	Giuseppe Vicinelli
Area
• Total	34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Population  (31 December 2014)
• Total	7,283
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Demonym	Santagatesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	40019
Dialing code	051
Patron saint	St. Agatha
Website	Official website

Sant'Agata Bolognese in 1955

Sant'Agata Bolognese (Western Bolognese: Sant'Èghete; City Bolognese: Sant'Ègata) is a small comune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, in the north of Italy. It is notable for being the headquarters of the luxury automobile manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini.

It is named after Saint Agatha of Sicily.

Economy

From the industry it is internationally known for hosting the headquarters of Lamborghini, which emerged as a company producing agricultural machinery, and later became a company of automobileis luxury.

Famous people

• Nilla Pizzi, singer.
• Cinzia Bomoll, writer.
• Luciano Bovina, photoreporter and documentarian.
• Gilberto Canu, architect and writer.
• Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of Lamborghini.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1861 3,799 —     1871 4,115 +8.3% 1881 3,934 −4.4% 1901 4,115 +4.6% 1911 4,449 +8.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 4,895 +10.0% 1931 5,327 +8.8% 1936 5,286 −0.8% 1951 5,348 +1.2% 1961 4,812 −10.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1971 4,641 −3.6% 1981 4,703 +1.3% 1991 4,927 +4.8% 2001 5,973 +21.2% 2018 7,344 +23.0%
Source: ISTAT Source