Cutro

Cutro
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Crotone  (KR)
Coordinates	39 ° 2 '  N , 16 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 2 '1 "  N , 16 ° 58' 55"  E
height	226  m slm
surface	131 km²
Residents	10,108 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	77 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	88842
prefix	0962
ISTAT number	101012
Popular name	Cutresi
Patron saint	Crucifixion of jesus
Website	Cutro

Cutro is a south-eastern Italian municipality in the Crotone Province in Calabria . The community has 10,108 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality borders directly on the province of Catanzaro . It is located about 12.5 kilometers west-southwest of Crotone and about 37 kilometers northeast-north of Catanzaro . It is about 10 kilometers to the Ionian Sea . The Esaro rises near Cutro .

history

Cutro is a Greek foundation ( Greek : Kyterion ) and was part of the Magna Graecia . Cutro has held the title of Città (city) since 1575 . The community received the title from King Philip II of Spain , who bestowed the title because the chess master Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri from Cutro had impressed him very much at a chess tournament in Madrid . On March 8, 1832, an earthquake destroyed the village. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Calabrian region was literally depopulated by emigration to Germany and Lombardy .

Personalities

• Vincenzo Iaquinta (* 1979), football player (striker)
• Rino Gaetano (1950–1981), singer

traffic

Strada Statale 109 di Piccola Sila and Strada Statale 106 Jonica run through the municipality from the coast of the Gulf of Squillace . The place has a shunting station (San Leonardo di Cutro) and a train station on the Ferrovia Jonica from Reggio di Calabria to Taranto .

Web links

Commons : Cutro  - 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.