Leonessa
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
province | Rieti (RI) | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 34 ' N , 12 ° 58' E | |
height | 969 m slm | |
surface | 205 km² | |
Residents | 2,218 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 11 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 02016 | |
prefix | 0746 | |
ISTAT number | 057033 | |
Popular name | Leonessani | |
Patron saint | San Giuseppe da Leonessa | |
Website | Leonessa |
Leonessa is a municipality in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio with 2218 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 114 km northeast of Rome and 37 km north of Rieti .
geography
Leonessa is located in the Monti Reatini in the valley of the Corno. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Montepiano Reatino and carries the Bandiera Arancione a quality seal in the field of tourism and the environment of the TCI .
The neighboring towns of Cantalice , Cascia ( PG ), Cittareale , Ferentillo ( TR ), Micigliano , Monteleone di Spoleto (PG), Poggio Bustone , Polino (TR), Posta and Rivodutri .
Population development
year | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Residents | 6,841 | 7,029 | 8,323 | 7,460 | 5,498 | 5,168 | 3,522 | 2,877 | 2,734 |
Source: ISTAT
politics
Paolo Trancassini (Citizen List Uniti per Leonessa ) was elected mayor in June 2009. His predecessor Alfredo Rauco (citizen list) (2004-2009) did not stand for election.
Events
The Palio del Velluto takes place on the second Sunday in September .
Sons of the community
- Mauro Bernardo Pietro Nardi (1836–1911), auxiliary bishop in Oppido Mamertina
- Giuseppe Chiaretti (* 1933), Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve
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 .
Web links
- Page about Leonessa (Italian)
- Leonessa on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Italian Ministry of the Interior