Montopoli di Sabina

Montopoli di Sabina
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates	42 ° 15 '  N , 12 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 14 '41 "  N , 12 ° 41' 29"  E
height	331  m slm
surface	38 km²
Residents	4,160 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	109 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	02034
prefix	0765
ISTAT number	057044
Popular name	Montopolesi
Patron saint	San Michele Arcangelo
Website	montopoli.org

Montopoli di Sabina is an Italian municipality with 4160 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rieti in the Lazio region .

Montopoli

geography

Montopoli is located 51 km north of Rome and 39 km southwest of Rieti .

The municipality is bounded by the Tiber and Farfa rivers to the west and south . To the northeast it extends into the hilly landscape of the Sabine Mountains . The community extends over an altitude difference of 26 to 680 m slm

The municipality includes the districts Bocchignano, Casenove, Colonnetta La Memoria, Ferruti, Granari, Granica di Montopoli, Ponte Sfondato, Ponticchio and Santa Maria.

The community is located in earthquake zone 2 (medium risk).

The neighboring municipalities are Castelnuovo di Farfa , Fara in Sabina , Fiano Romano ( RM ), Montelibretti (RM), Nazzano (RM), Poggio Mirteto , Salisano and Torrita Tiberina (RM).

traffic

Montopoli is on the SS 313 road , which leads from the Roma Nord motorway exit on the A1 Autostrada del Sole to Terni . The nearest train station is in Poggio Mirteto Scalo on the FR1 regional line , 7 km from the town center.

history

Montopoli was first mentioned in 1055 in a document from Farfa Abbey.

Population development

year	1861	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	1.101	1,087	1,768	2,382	3,241	3,665	3,062	3,472	4,098

Source: ISTAT

politics

Antimo Grilli ( Vanga, stella e colomba ) was elected mayor in June 2009.

literature

• Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd updated edition. DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .

Web links

Commons : Montopoli di Sabina  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Montopoli di Sabina on sabina.it (Italian)
• Montopoli di Sabina on 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.
2. ^ Italian civil defense
3. ^ Italian Ministry of the Interior