Cirò Marina
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Country | Italy | |
region | Calabria | |
province | Crotone (KR) | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 22 ' N , 17 ° 8' E | |
height | 5 m slm | |
surface | 41 km² | |
Residents | 14,547 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 355 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 88811 | |
prefix | 0962 | |
ISTAT number | 101008 | |
Popular name | Ciromarinesi | |
Patron saint | San Cataldo | |
Website | Cirò Marina |
Cirò Marina is an Italian commune in the province of Crotone in the Calabria region with 14,547 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 37 km north of Crotone and 122 km east of Cosenza .
geography
The place extends along the coast of the Ionian Sea between the Lupuda River and Cape Punta Alice. This prominent point was chosen by the Greeks in ancient times to build a temple of Apollo , of which only the foundations have been preserved.
The neighboring towns are Cirò and Melissa .
traffic
The place is crossed by the Strada Statale 106 Jonica , which leads from Reggio Calabria to Taranto .
Cirò Marina is on the Reggio Calabria - Taranto railway line.
history
Cirò Marina only became independent in 1952, after it was removed from Cirò.
Population development
year | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Residents | 1,495 | 1,639 | 2,720 | 3,856 | 5,150 | 7,294 | 10,369 | 14,113 | 13,987 |
Source: ISTAT
politics
Nicodemo Parrilla (Citizen List) was elected Mayor in May 2006.
Twin cities
- Lonate Pozzolo , Lombardy
- Supino , Lazio , since 2007
economy
Cirò Marina is economically shaped by tourism and sea salt production.
Culinary specialties
Cirò Marina has a share in the DOC wine-growing region Cirò .
Personalities
- Giuseppe Gangale (* March 7, 1898 in Cirò Marina, † May 13, 1978 in Muralto ), lecturer for Italian and Romansh at the Universities of Aarhus and Copenhagen
literature
- Ilona Witten: Calabria (= DuMont travel paperback ). DuMont, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5288-3 , p. 136.
Web links
- ProLoco Cirò Marina (Italian)
- Cirò Marina on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Clà Riatsch: Giuseppe Gangale. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 20, 2006 , accessed March 17, 2020 .