Fara in Sabina

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Fara in Sabina
coat of arms
Fara in Sabina (Italy)
Fara in Sabina
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates 42 ° 13 '  N , 12 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 12 '35 "  N , 12 ° 43' 45"  E
height 482  m slm
surface 55 km²
Residents 13,956 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 254 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02032
prefix 0765
ISTAT number 057027
Popular name Faresi
Patron saint Sant'Antonino
Website Fara in Sabina
Panorama Fara in Sabina
Panorama Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina is a municipality with 13,956 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio .

geography

Fara is 48 km north of Rome and 37 km south of Rieti . The old town is located on Monte Buzio, a hill in the Sabine Mountains above the Tiber Valley. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Sabina . The municipal area is bordered to the north and west by the Farfa and Tiber rivers.

The districts are Borgo Quinzio, Canneto Sabino, Coltodino, Corese Terra, Fara, Farfa, Passo Corese, Pomonte, Prime Case and Talocci. Passo Corese in the Tiber Valley, with the Fara train station, is by far the largest district.

The municipality extends over a height of 23 to 600 m slm

The community is located in earthquake zone 2 (medium risk).

The neighboring towns are Castelnuovo di Farfa , Montelibretti ( RM ), Montopoli di Sabina , Nerola (RM), Toffia .

traffic

Fara is 18 km from the Roma Nord exit of the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway from Rome to Milan . Its station on the regional line FR1 from Rome-Fiumicino Airport via Rome-Tiburtina to Orte , is 12 km from the center in the Passo Corese district.

history

Fara is located in the center of the ancient Sabine settlement area . One of their most important cities, Cures , was near the current district of Talocci.

Today's Fara was founded by the Lombards in the 6th century . The name Fara is derived from the Longobard word fâra ("clan").

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 1,660 2,349 3,637 4,218 5,425 6,203 7,046 9,319 10,810

Source: ISTAT

politics

Vincenzo Mazzeo ( L'Unione ) was elected mayor in May 2006. His center-left alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 13 out of 20 seats.

Twin cities

Attractions

Farfa Benedictine Abbey
Orsini Palace
  • In the municipality, the important is the Benedictine - monastery Farfa , which was founded in the 6th century and counted in the Middle Ages as an imperial abbey of the richest and most influential monasteries in Europe. The abbey was secularized in 1860/61 and declared an Italian national monument in 1928 . It has been a Benedictine monastery again since 1919/20 .
  • Part of the forum has been excavated from the ancient city of Cures , hometown of Numa Pompilius .
  • From Castello di Postmontem from the 10th century only remained Torre Baccelli .
  • The Palazzo Orsini dates from the 15th century.

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 .
  • Anton Henze, Kunibert Bering, Gerhard Wiedmann: Art guide Rome. 5th revised edition. Philipp Reclam GmbH, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 .

Web links

Commons : Fara in Sabina  - 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. ↑ Homepage of the community ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.farainsabina.gov.it
  3. ↑ Fara on www.comuni-italiani.it
  4. ^ Italian civil defense