Cittanova

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Cittanova
coat of arms
Cittanova (Italy)
Cittanova
Country Italy
region Calabria
Metropolitan city Reggio Calabria  (RC)
Coordinates 38 ° 21 '  N , 16 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 21 '0 "  N , 16 ° 5' 0"  E
height 407  m slm
surface 64.85 km²
Residents 10,096 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 156 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 89022
prefix 0966
ISTAT number 080028
Popular name Cittanovesi
Patron saint Jerome
Website Cittanova

Cittanova is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria in Calabria . The municipality is located about 47 kilometers northeast of Reggio Calabria and about 36 kilometers south of Vibo Valentia . Cittanova is one of the parishes of the Piana di Gioia Tauro . It is on the edge of the Parco nazionale dell'Aspromonte .

history

As the name Cittanova as New City already suggests, it is a very young start-up. In 1618, after a devastating earthquake in the seismically very active region in 1616, the small town of Nuovo Casale di Curtuladi became Castelnuovo . And finally, with the conferment of the status of Città to Cittanova . In the following, or the great earthquake of 1783 was also Cittanova destroyed.

Victor Emmanuel III visits the village of Zomaro, belonging to Cittanova, in September 1906 after an earthquake

Economy and Transport

Cittanova is located on a downgraded section of the former Strada Statale 111 (today: Strada Provinciale 1 ) from Gioia Tauro to Locri . A small station is located on the narrow-gauge railway (950 mm gauge ) operated by Ferrovia Calabria from Gioia Tauro to Cinquefrondi .

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Cittanova (comune, Italy)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files