Cupramontana

Cupramontana
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Ancona  (AN)
Coordinates	43 ° 27 '  N , 13 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 26 '46 "  N , 13 ° 7' 3"  E
height	505  m slm
surface	26.89 km²
Residents	4,485 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	167 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	60034
prefix	0731
ISTAT number	042016
Popular name	Cuprensi
Patron saint	Eleutherus
Website	Cupramontana

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Cupramontana is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 4485 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Ancona in Marche . The municipality is located about 45 kilometers southwest of Ancona and borders the province of Macerata . Cupramontana is part of the Comunità montana dell'Esino Frasassi . The Esino forms the north-western boundary of the municipality .

history

Cupra was a fertility goddess of the Piceni and Umbrians . The Roman settlement was of some importance as a municipium . Under the rule of the Duke of Spoleto , the town was known as Massaccio . From the 13th century it belonged to the Papal States. With the unification of Italy one returned to the ancient name of the place.

Personalities

• Luigi Bartolini (1892–1963), writer

Community partnerships

Cupramontana has partnerships with the municipalities of Gessopalena in the province of Chieti (Italy) and Kalkan in the province of Antalya (Turkey).

Web links

Commons : Cupramontana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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