Fossoli

This article is about the village. For the adjacent concentration camp, see Fossoli camp.

Fossoli (Emilian: Fòsel) is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Carpi, a city and municipality of the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is infamous for the eponymous concentration camp and has a population of about 4400.^[1]

Fossoli
Frazione
View of the nature reserve "Oasi La Francesca"
OSM map of Fossoli also indicating the concentration camp and the nature reserve's entrance (both in the upper right corner)
Fossoli Location of Fossoli in Italy
Coordinates: 44°49′20″N 10°53′25″E
Country	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Province	Modena (MO)
Comune	Carpi
Area
• Total	22.10 km2 (8.53 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	4,404
• Density	199.3/km2 (516.1/sq mi)
Demonym	Fossolesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	41012
Dialing code	(+39) 059

History

Born as a rural village, Fossoli sadly became infamous during World War II, for the concentration camp located near the settlement. Created in 1942 as a Prisoner of War (PoW) camp, in 1943 it became a concentration camp for Jews, during the Italian Social Republic.^[2][3]

Geography

Fossoli lies on a plain, next to the Province of Reggio Emilia, between Carpi (5 km south) and Novi di Modena (8 km north). It is crossed by the provincial highway SP413 and, in the west, by the Verona–Mantua–Modena railway, on which stood a station, now closed. The village is 27 km from Modena, 32 from Reggio Emilia, 51 from Mantua, and 68 from Bologna.^[4]

Next to Fossoli is located the WWF nature reserve "Oasi La Francesca", a marsh that extends for 23 hectares.^[5]

Personalities

• Amleto Frignani (1932-1997), footballer

Gallery

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  Some barracks of the Fossoli concentration camp in 2010
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  Info point at the entrance of the nature reserve "Oasi La Francesca"