Mesoraca

Mesoraca
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Crotone  (KR)
Coordinates	39 ° 4 ′  N , 16 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height	415  m slm
surface	92.6 km²
Residents	6,228 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	67 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	88838
prefix	0962
ISTAT number	101015
Popular name	Mesorachesi
Patron saint	Nicholas of Myra
Website	Mesoraca

Mesoraca is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 6228 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Crotone in Calabria . The municipality is located about 29 kilometers west of Crotone in the Sila Piccola . It borders directly on the province of Catanzaro .

history

When the area was still settled by Greeks in the fifth century BC, the place was called Mesorachion . A little later it became Mesoreacium under Roman rule .

In 1832 the area was severely damaged by an earthquake.

traffic

The area is accessed through the Strada Statale 109 (ter) della Piccola Sila .

Personalities

• Zosimus (4th century; † 418), Pope (417–418), possibly born in Mesoraca

Parish partnership

Mesoraca maintains an intra-Italian partnership with the municipality of Lavena Ponte Tresa in the province of Varese .

Web links

Commons : Mesoraca  - 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.