Colle di Torah
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
province | Rieti (RI) | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 13 ' N , 12 ° 57' E | |
height | 542 m slm | |
surface | 14 km² | |
Residents | 358 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 26 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 02020 | |
prefix | 0765 | |
ISTAT number | 057019 | |
Popular name | Collepiccolesi | |
Patron saint | San Lorenzo |
Colle di Tora is an Italian commune in the province of Rieti in the Lazio region with 358 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 73 km northeast of Rome and 29 km southeast of Rieti .
geography
Colle di Tora is located on a peninsula in the Lago del Turano reservoir , through which the Turano flows. It is a member of the Comunità Montana del Turano .
The neighboring towns are Castel di Tora , Poggio Moiano , Pozzaglia Sabina and Rocca Sinibalda .
history
In the 10th century the Turano valley was devastated by the Saracens . Presumably surviving residents founded Colle di Tora on an easily defended ledge above the Turano.
It belonged to Farfa Abbey in the 11th century before it became part of the Brancaleoni family in the 13th century . In the 16th century it was bought by the Orsini family , who sold the place to Marcantonio Borghese in 1634 for 43,000 scudi .
Until 1864 the place was called Collepiccolo and was then renamed after the ancient city of Torah of the Sabines (supposedly) located here .
Population development
year | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Residents | 509 | 523 | 667 | 646 | 676 | 628 | 481 | 412 | 383 |
Source: ISTAT
politics
Leonello Silvestri ( Crescere insieme ) was elected mayor in June 2009. His predecessor Maurizio Rossini Gentili (list of citizens) (2004-2009) did not stand for election.
literature
- Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd updated edition. DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .
Web links
- Colle di Tora on www.sabina.it (Italian)
- Colle di Tora 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.
- ^ Italian Ministry of the Interior