Deruta

Deruta
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Perugia  (PG)
Coordinates	42 ° 59 ′  N , 12 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E
height	218  m slm
surface	44.4 km²
Residents	9,587 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	216 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	06053
prefix	075
ISTAT number	054017
Popular name	Derutesi
Patron saint	Santa Caterina d'Alessandria (November 25th)
Website	Deruta
Deruta

Deruta is an Italian commune with 9587 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

Deruta is located about 15 kilometers south of Perugia on a hill above the Tiber Valley.

The districts include Casalina, Castelleone, Pontenuovo, Ripabianca, San Nicolò di Celle and Sant'Angelo di Celle.

The neighboring municipalities are Bettona , Collazzone , Marsciano , Perugia and Torgiano .

Economy and culture

Deruta is a center of ceramics whose beginnings go back to the Middle Ages and which is still largely hand-painted today. The Deruta ceramics workshops made the arches of the chapel in the Palazzo dei Priori and in the sacristy of the Basilica of San Pietro in Perugia and worked in the Chapel of the Baglioni in Spello .

Sons of the place

• Girolamo Diruta (1561 – after 1610), Italian composer of the late Renaissance
• Rufino Niccacci (1911–1976), Catholic priest, Righteous Among the Nations

Web links

Commons : Deruta  - 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.
2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 13, 2017 (Italian).