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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Ferrara (FE) |
| Frazioni | Alberone, Buonacompra, Casumaro, Corporeno, Molino Albergati, Pilastrello, Renazzo, Reno Centese, XII Morelli |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Piero Lodi (since June 2011) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64 km2 (24.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2008) | |
| • Total | 34,585 |
| • Density | 540.4/km2 (1,399.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Centesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 44042 |
| Dialing code | 051 |
| Patron saint | St. Blaise Bishop and Martyr |
| Saint day | February 3 |
| Website | Official website |
Cento is a city and comune in the province of Ferrara, part of the region Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy). In Italian "cento" means 100.
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The name Cento is a reference to the centuriation of the Po Valley. Cento's growth from its origin as a little fishing village in the marshes to an established farming town took place in the first few centuries in the second millennium.
The Bishop of Bologna and the Abbot of Nonantola established the Partecipanza Agraria, an institution in which land would perpetually be redistributed every twenty years among the male heirs of the families who constituted the initial core of the community in the 12th century.[1]
In 1502 Pope Alexander VI took it away from the dominion of the Bishop of Bologna and made it part of the dowry of his daughter Lucrezia Borgia, betrothed to Duke Alfonso I d'Este and was later returned to the Papal States in 1598.
Cento is the European's city of Carnival and it is twinned with Rio carnival.
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