Novafeltria

Novafeltria
Country	Italy
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Rimini  (RN)
Local name	Marcadèn d'la Marecia
Coordinates	43 ° 54 '  N , 12 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 53 '43 "  N , 12 ° 17' 26"  E
height	275  m slm
surface	41.78 km²
Residents	7,074 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	169 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	47863
prefix	0541
ISTAT number	099023
Popular name	Novafeltriesi
Patron saint	Peter and Paul (June 29)
Website	Novafeltria

Novafeltria is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 7074 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rimini in Emilia-Romagna .

geography

Municipality of Novafeltria

The municipality is located about 30 kilometers southwest of Rimini and about 30 kilometers south-southeast of Cesena am Marecchia . Novafeltria is part of the Comunità Montana Alta Valmarecchia .

Districts (frazioni) are in addition to the main town Novafeltria (approx. 3900 inhabitants), Miniera, Perticara, Ponte Santa Maria Maddalena, Sartiano, Secchiano and Torricella.

The neighboring municipalities are Maiolo , Mercato Saraceno (FC), Pennabilli , Poggio Torriana , San Leo , Sant'Agata Feltria , Sogliano al Rubicone (FC) and Talamello .

history

The town center has its origins in the middle of the 10th century with the construction of a St. Peter's Chapel. At the beginning of the 20th century, the community was formed from parts of what is now the neighboring community of Talamello. Until 1941 the municipality was still called Mercatino Marecchia . In 2009 the municipality came to the province of Rimini. It was previously part of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino . The reorganization is still controversial today.

traffic

From 1922 to 1960 there was a non-electrified narrow-gauge railway line from Rimini to Novafeltria. A bus connection has now taken its place.

Web links

Commons : Novafeltria  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.