Mercatello sul Metauro

Mercatello sul Metauro
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Pesaro and Urbino  (PU)
Coordinates	43 ° 39 '  N , 12 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 38 '51 "  N , 12 ° 20' 13"  E
height	429  m slm
surface	68.59 km²
Residents	1,321 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	19 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	61040
prefix	0722
ISTAT number	041025
Popular name	Mercatellesi
Patron saint	Veronica Giuliani
Website	Mercatello sul Metauro
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Mercatello sul Metauro (in the Gallomarchesian dialect: Mercatèl ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 1,321 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marches . The municipality is located about 54 kilometers southwest of Pesaro and about 25 kilometers west-southwest of Urbino am Metauro , belongs to the Comunità montana Alto e Medio Metauro and borders directly on the provinces of Arezzo ( Tuscany ) and Perugia ( Umbria ).

history

The Umbrians settled the area from the end of the Bronze Age. The Augustan sources report on the localities (municipalities) Tiphernum Metaurense and Tiphernum Tiberinum .

Personalities

• Veronica Giuliani (1660–1727), saint of the Roman Catholic Church

Web links

Commons : Mercatello sul Metauro  - 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.