Matelica

Matelica
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Macerata  (MC)
Coordinates	43 ° 15 '  N , 13 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 15 '24 "  N , 13 ° 0' 35"  E
height	357  m slm
surface	81.04 km²
Residents	9,521 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	117 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	62024
prefix	0737
ISTAT number	043024
Popular name	Matelicesi
Patron saint	Adrian of Nicomedia
Website	Matelica
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Matelica (also Materga in the regional dialect ) is an Italian municipality (comune) with 9521 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Macerata in the Marche . The municipality is located about 36 kilometers west of Macerata and about 54 kilometers northeast of Perugia on the Esino , which has its source not far from the municipality. Matelica borders directly on the province of Ancona .

history

The founding of the city goes back to the Picener people who settled here. The area has been inhabited for more than 4000 years. The name of the city itself is believed to be of Celtic origin. In Pliny the settlement as is Matilica Matilicatis mentioned. The place has had the title Città since it was bestowed by Pope Benedict XIV in 1761.

Economy and Transport

Matelica is the seat of the Veterinary Faculty of the Camerino University . At the same time, the municipality is part of the wine-growing region from which the Verdicchio (DOC) comes.

The Strada Statale 256 Muccese runs through the municipality from Muccia to Fabriano . There is also a train station on the route from Civitanova Marche to Fabriano.

Parish partnership

Matelica has a partnership with Las Rosas, Argentina, in the Belgrano Department .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Filippo Campanelli (1739–1795), cardinal
• Gaudenzio Bonfigli (1831–1904), Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
• Carlo Liberati (* 1937), emeritus prelate of Pompei
• Giovanni Mosciatti (* 1958), Bishop of Imola

Associated with Matelica

• Enrico Mattei (1906–1962), manager of Eni , spent his youth in Matelica

Web links

Commons : Matelica  - 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.