Gorga (Lazio)

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Gorga
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Gorga (Italy)
Gorga
Country Italy
region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome  (RM)
Coordinates 41 ° 39 '  N , 13 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 39 '21 "  N , 13 ° 6' 38"  E
height 766  m slm
surface 26 km²
Residents 702 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 27 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 00030
prefix 06
ISTAT number 058045
Popular name Gorgani
Patron saint San Domenico

Gorga is a municipality in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 702 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 71 km southeast of Rome and 42 km west of Frosinone .

geography

Gorga is located in the Monti Lepini , a mountain range between the Pontine plain and the Saccotal . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini . Gorga borders on Anagni ( FR ), Carpineto Romano , Montelanico , Morolo (FR), Sgurgola (FR) and Supino (FR).

traffic

Gorga is 16 km from the Anagni exit of the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway from Rome to Naples .

history

In Roman antiquity, Gorga was a pagus , an insignificant village. It did not experience an upswing until the time of the Great Migration , when people fled the plains to the easily defended place. It was first mentioned in writing in 1088 when Pope Urban II subordinated the castle of Gorga Anagni. In 1216 the Villamagna Monastery was founded in the municipality, which was destroyed in 1398 by the residents of Gorga. In the 17th century the village came under the rule of the Pamphilj .

Population development

year 1871 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 972 919 879 1.009 1,032 1,202 873 778 764

Source: ISTAT

politics

Nadia Cipriani ( Obiettivo Gorga Citizen List ) was elected mayor in June 2004 and was confirmed in office in 2009 and 2014.

swell

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

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