Ceccano

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Ceccano
coat of arms
Ceccano (Italy)
Ceccano
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 34 ′  N , 13 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
height 200  m slm
surface 60 km²
Residents 23,102 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 385 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03023
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060024
Popular name Ceccanesi
Patron saint San Giovanni Battista
Website Ceccano
Ceccano old town
Ceccano old town

Ceccano is an Italian city in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 23,102 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of Ceccano in the province of Frosinone

Ceccano is 11 km south of Frosinone and 89 km southeast of Rome .

The old town of Ceccano is located on a hill above the Sacco river , between the Monti Ernici in the north and the Monti Lepini in the south.

The modern neighborhoods are in the valley around the hill and on the other bank of the river between the Sacco and the train station.

The municipality extends over a height of 108  m slm to 789  m slm

The neighboring municipalities are Frosinone , Arnara , Pofi , Castro dei Volsci , Villa Santo Stefano , Giuliano di Roma and Patrica, clockwise .

The community is located in earthquake zone 2 (medium risk).

traffic

  • Autostrada A1 Italia.svgCeccano is on the A1 Autostrada del Sole . The nearest exit is Frosinone , 10 km from the city center.
  • Strada Statale 156 Italia.svgThe Strada Statale 156 dei Monti Lepini connects Ceccano with Latina and the Via Appia .

history

In the time of Roman antiquity the place was called Fabrateria . Since the 7th century BC The place was settled by the Volscores . 330 BC He became a Roman Municipium . When after the destruction of Fregellae in 125 BC When the place Fabrateria Nova was founded, Fabrateria took the name Fabrateria Vetus to distinguish it.

Around the year 600 n. Chr. The place in honor of the consul changed Petronio Ceccanus, father of Pope Honorius I , the name in Ceccano . Ceccano belonged directly to the Holy See . The conquest of the place by the Longobards in 752 was the reason that Pope Stephan II asked the Franks Pippin for help, who then defeated the Longobards and founded the Papal State with the Pippin donation .

Around the year 1000 the place belonged to a noble Da Ceccano family of unknown origin. They built Ceccano Castle into an important strategic point on the southern border of the Papal States. The community still bears the coat of arms of Cardinal Annibaldo de Ceccano (1282-1350), the most prominent member of the family.

But in his day the decline of the sex began and Ceccano fell back to the Holy See. From 1523 to 1816 it belonged to the Colonna family .

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 7,281 9,996 12,970 15,139 17,514 18,875 22,121 22,334

Source: ISTAT

politics

Manuela Maliziola ( PSI ) was in the runoff election on 20./21. Elected Mayoress with 55.3% in May 2012. Your center-Linka coalition also has the majority in the local council with 10 out of 16 seats.

Mayor of Ceccano:

  • 1994–2002: Maurizio Cerroni, ( DS )
  • 2002–2012: Antonio Ciotoli, ( SDI )
  • since 2012: Manuela Maliziola, (PSI)

coat of arms

Split shield. On the right half an imperial eagle, on the left six horizontal stripes in red and black. The black stripes are covered with six lying, silver moons. The coat of arms goes back to Cardinal Annibaldo di Ceccano .

Personalities related to Ceccano

Panorama of Ceccano

Web links

Commons : Ceccano  - 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. ^ Italian civil defense
  3. ↑ Information from the Ministry of the Interior  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / comunali.interno.it