Castroregio

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Castroregio
coat of arms
Castroregio (Italy)
Castroregio
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates 40 ° 0 ′  N , 16 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 0 ′ 0 "  N , 16 ° 29 ′ 0"  E
height 819  m slm
surface 38 km²
Residents 252 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 87070
prefix 0981
ISTAT number 078032
Popular name Castroregesi
Patron saint Santa Maria ad Nives (August 18)
Website Castroregio
Castroregio
Castroregio

Castroregio (in arbëresh : Kastërnexhi ; in Calabrian : Castrurìgiu ) is an Italian municipality in the province of Cosenza in Calabria with 252 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

location

Castroregio is 124 km north of Cosenza . Farneta belongs to the district ( fraction ) .

The neighboring municipalities are: Albidona , Alessandria del Carretto , Amendolara , Cersosimo ( PZ ) and Oriolo .

history

According to the writer Antonio Scura, Castroregio was founded between 1476 and 1478 by the Arbëresh Camodeca family.

Web links

Commons : Castroregio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ AA. VV .: Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani . Garzanti, Milan 1996, ISBN 88-11-30500-4 , pp. 181 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Antonio Scura: Gli Albanesi in Italia ei loro canti tradizionali (The Albanians in Italy and their traditional songs) . Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1912, p. 50 (Italian, vatrarberesh.it [PDF; accessed March 4, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Raffaele Patitucci D'Alifera Patitario: Cognomi o casate di famiglie albanesi d'Albania del secolo XV-XVI . In: Casati Albanesi in Calabria e Sicilia . Deputazione di Storia Patria per la Calabria, Siena 1990, p. 279–323 (Italian, oresteparise.it , docs.google.com [accessed March 4, 2017] Surname or houses of Albanian families from Albania in the 15th and 16th centuries. Excerpt from: Rivista Storica Calabrese NS X – XI [ 1989-1990] NN.1-4).