Colfelice

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Colfelice
coat of arms
Colfelice (Italy)
Colfelice
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 33 '  N , 13 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 33 '21 "  N , 13 ° 36' 19"  E
height 158  m slm
surface 14 km²
Residents 1,868 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 133 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03030
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060027
Popular name Colfelicesi
Patron saint San Gaetano di Thiene

Colfelice is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 1868 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 112 km southeast of Rome and 32 km east of Frosinone .

geography

Colfelice is located in the Liri valley . It consists of the two districts Coldragone and Villa Felice . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle del Liri .

The neighboring towns are Arce , Rocca d'Arce , Roccasecca and San Giovanni Incarico .

traffic

The municipality of Colfelice has been crossed by the Via Latina , today's Via Casilina (SS 6), since ancient times . Colfelice is close to the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway , between the Pontecorvo and Ceprano exits .

With Colfelice station , the place is on the Avezzano-Sora-Roccasecca railway .

history

In the north of the municipality, on Via Ara Murata, the remains of an extensive villa were excavated in 1976, which document the settlement of the area in ancient times.

Villa Felice

Villa Felice is the older of the districts and possibly goes back to such a villa from Roman antiquity. In the Middle Ages it was also called Le Case (The Houses) for short . It was first mentioned in 1229 in a report about a fire in the place. It belonged to the Dukes of Arce most of the time .

Coldragone

Coldragone was founded in 1583 by Giacomo Boncompagni , Duke of Arce, as a settlement for farm workers. The name refers to the heraldic animal of the Boncompagni, the dragon (Italian = dragone), which still adorns the municipal coat of arms today. However, the place developed slowly. It was not until 1742 to 1746 that Gaetano I Boncompagni had a church built. In 1796 the Duchy of the Boncompagni fell directly to the Kingdom of Naples and became part of the Terra del Lavoro province . In 1813 it became part of the Rocca d'Arce municipality.

Colfelice

Coldragone and Villa Felice were spun off from the Rocca d'Arce municipality by state decree in 1923 and became an independent municipality with the name Colfelice . In 1927 it became part of the newly established province of Frosinone. In the last 30 years the change from the agrarian villages to an industrial location took place.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 1,542 1,695 2,100 1.928 2,062 2,064 1,541 1.917 1,853

Source: ISTAT

politics

Dante Marrocco (list of citizens) was elected mayor in June 2004.

sons and daughters of the town

swell

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

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