Longobardi

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Longobardi
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Longobardi (Italy)
Longobardi
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates 39 ° 12 '  N , 16 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 12 '0 "  N , 16 ° 5' 0"  E
height 325  m slm
surface 19 km²
Residents 2,302 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 121 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 87030
prefix 0982
ISTAT number 078067
Popular name Longobardesi
Patron saint Blessed Nicola of Longobardi
Website official page

Longobardi is an Italian commune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region with 2302 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The distance to the provincial capital Cosenza is 38 km. The local tradition leads the place name back to a foundation by the Lombards at the time of King Liutprand (712-744); however, this has no historical basis.

It covers an area of ​​19 km². The municipality includes the districts ( frazioni ) Ambricella, Bardano, Campolevari, Frailiti, Piro, Ranci, Rigillo, Salice, Sant'Andrea, Santa Croce, Serra Olive, Sirene, Tarifi, Terra Rossa, Vardano and the seaside resort Longobardi Marina on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The municipality is a member of the Comunità Montana dell'Appennino Paolano and of the Regione Agraria n. 9 - Montagna Litoranea di Paola .

The neighboring municipalities are Belmonte Calabro , Fiumefreddo Bruzio and Mendicino .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Comune di Longobardi (Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche)
  3. ↑ Guida d'Italia del Touring Club Italiano. Basilicata e Calabria. 4th edition. Touring Club Italiano, Milan 1980, p. 515.

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