Montecosaro

Montecosaro
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Macerata  (MC)
Coordinates	43 ° 19 '  N , 13 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 '1 "  N , 13 ° 38' 7"  E
height	292  m slm
surface	21.70 km²
Residents	7,353 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	339 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	62010
prefix	0733
ISTAT number	043028
Popular name	Montecosaresi
Patron saint	Lawrence of Rome (August 10th)
Website	Montecosaro
Panorama of Montecosaro

Montecosaro is an Italian municipality with 7353 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Macerata in Marche . The municipality is located about 14.5 kilometers east of Macerata and about 7 kilometers west of the Adriatic coast . Montecosaro borders directly on the province of Fermo . The Chienti limits the community to the south .

The municipality is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

Santa Maria Basilica in Montecosaro

history

The basilica of Montecosaro was built in 1125.

traffic

Strada Statale 77 della Val di Chienti (also: Raccordo Autostradale Tolentino - Civitanova Marche ) runs through the municipality . The former Strada Statale 485 Corridonia Maceratese also runs through the municipality, but has now been downgraded to a provincial road and runs largely parallel to Strada Statale 77. The Montecosaro train station is on the railway line from Civitanova Marche to Fabriano .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Romolo Marcellini (1910–1999), director
• Anita Cerquetti (1931–2014), soprano

Web links

Commons : Montecosaro  - 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.
2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 9, 2017 (Italian).