Parghelia

Parghelia
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Vibo Valentia  (VV)
Coordinates	38 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
height	75  m slm
surface	8 km²
Residents	1,277 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	160 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	89861
prefix	0963
ISTAT number	102026
Popular name	Pargheliesi, Parghelioti (dialect)
Patron saint	Madonna di Porto Salvo
Website	Parghelia

Parghelia ( pronunciation : [ parge'liːa ]) is an Italian municipality on the Capo Vaticano peninsula in the province of Vibo Valentia with 1277 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The name is the Latinized version of the Greek "paraigialia", which means something like "area by the sea". The neighboring municipalities are Drapia , Tropea , Zaccanopoli , Zambrone and Zungri .

View of the community

Sons and daughters of the church

• Girolamo Grillo (1930–2016), Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia

Web links

• The Parghelia portal (Parghelia85.net) (it, de, en)

Individual evidence

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