Colle di Torah

Colle di Torah
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates	42 ° 13 '  N , 12 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 12 '53 "  N , 12 ° 56' 52"  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
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

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