Bascapè

Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Location of Bascapè

45°18′N 9°19′E / 45.300°N 9.317°E / 45.300; 9.317CountryItalyRegionLombardyProvincePavia (PV)Government

• MayorEmanuela CurtiArea

^[1]

• Total13.34 km² (5.15 sq mi)Elevation

89 m (292 ft)Population

(30 April 2017)^[2]

• Total1,788 • Density130/km² (350/sq mi)DemonymBascapriniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

27010

Dialing code0382WebsiteOfficial website

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 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.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.