Faleria

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Faleria
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Faleria (Italy)
Faleria
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates 42 ° 14 '  N , 12 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '39 "  N , 12 ° 26' 46"  E
height 202  m slm
surface 26 km²
Residents 2,089 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 80 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01030
prefix 0761
ISTAT number 056025
Popular name Faleriani
Patron saint San Giuliano
Website Faleria

Faleria is an Italian commune in the province of Viterbo in the Lazio region with 2089 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 45 kilometers north of Rome .

geography

Faleria is located in the volcanic hill country of southern Tuscia with its deeply cut valleys, the historical landscape of the Falisker . It lies on a rock spur above the Molatal.

history

Faleria was called Stabia until 1873 and is located on the ancient Via Flaminia . The renaming is reminiscent of the ancient Falisker people, but has nothing to do with the ancient cities of Falerii Veteres (now Civita Castellana ) or Falerii Novi , which were further north.

About 5 kilometers north of today's village of Faleria are the remains of the Paterno Castle , on which Emperor Otto III in January 1002 . passed away.

Population development

year 1871 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 894 1,361 1,390 1,599 1,470 1,428 1,728 2.124

Source ISTAT

politics

Pierluigi Bianchi ( center-left alliance ) was elected mayor in May 2006. The center-left alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 8 out of 12 seats. Marco del Vecchio has been mayor since June 6, 2016.

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  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Cf. Arnold Esch : ways to Rome. Approximations from ten centuries (= Beck series 1611). Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-51130-9 , pp. 65–81, especially pp. 78–80 ( online ) at Google-Buchvorschau.
  3. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.

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