Maierà

Maierà
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates	39 ° 43 '  N , 15 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 43 '0 "  N , 15 ° 51' 0"  E
height	360  m slm
surface	17 km²
Residents	1,198 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	70 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	87020
prefix	0985
ISTAT number	078071
Popular name	Majeraioti
Patron saint	Madonna del Carmine
Website	Maierà

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Maierà is a municipality with 1198 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Italy .

Geographical location

The municipality is located about 86 km northwest of Cosenza at an altitude of 360 m above sea level in the province of Cosenza in Calabria and in the Pollino National Park . There are numerous caves in the municipality. The municipality covers an area of ​​17 km² . The neighboring municipalities are Buonvicino , Diamante and Grisolia .

Place name

The name of the municipality Maierà comes from the Hebrew and means cave: The most common Hebrew word for "cave" is מְעָרָה mə'ārāh.

Web links

Commons : Maierà  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

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