Cirò Marina

Cirò Marina
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Crotone  (KR)
Coordinates	39 ° 22 '  N , 17 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 22 '10 "  N , 17 ° 7' 47"  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

The community in the 1990s

The place seen from the sea

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
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

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Clà Riatsch: Giuseppe Gangale. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 20, 2006 , accessed March 17, 2020 .