Bascapè

Bascapè is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Pavia.

Bascapè
Comune
Comune di Bascapè
Location of Bascapè
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Coordinates: 45°18′N 9°19′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Pavia (PV)
Government
• Mayor	Emanuela Curti
Area [1]
• Total	13.34 km2 (5.15 sq mi)
Elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population  (30 April 2017)[2]
• Total	1,788
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Bascaprini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	27010
Dialing code	0382
Website	Official website

Bascapè borders the following municipalities: Carpiano, Casaletto Lodigiano, Caselle Lurani, Cerro al Lambro, Landriano, Torrevecchia Pia, and Valera Fratta.

History

On October 27, 1962, Enrico Mattei, on a flight from Catania, Sicily to Milan's Linate Airport, died when his jet airplane, a Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris, crashed in the countryside near Bascapè. Pilot Irnerio Bertuzzi and the American journalist William McHale were also killed with Mattei. Subsequent inquiries officially declared that it was an accident; it is widely believed, however, that Mattei was murdered by sabotage of the airplane.