Petilia Policastro

Petilia Policastro
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Crotone  (KR)
Coordinates	39 ° 7 '  N , 16 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 7 '0 "  N , 16 ° 46' 0"  E
height	436  m slm
surface	96 km²
Residents	8,889 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	93 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	88837
prefix	0962
ISTAT number	101017
Popular name	Petilini, Policastresi
Patron saint	Sebastian (January 20)
Website	Petilia Policastro

Petilia Policastro is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 8889 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Crotone in Calabria . The parish is about 29.5 kilometers west-northwest of Crotone . Petilia Policastro borders the province of Cosenza . Since 2011 the municipality has had the title Città (city). The Tacina flows through the municipality . Part of the Parco nazionale della Sila runs through the municipality.

Location of the municipality of Petilia Policastro in the province of Crotone

history

First settlements are likely to have existed in the area from the third or second century. Only under the Byzantines did the settlements gain in importance.

Attractions

The Carsiche and Basiliane di San Demetrio caves are known nationwide.

traffic

The municipality is crossed by the Strada Statale 109 della Piccola Sila . Strada Statale 179 del Lago Ampollino joins this here . Between 1930 and 1972 there was a non-electrified railway line between Crotone and Petilia Policastro. It was a narrow-gauge railway (950 mm). The planned extension of the railway line from Cosenza to San Giovanni in Fiore to Petilia Policastro was never realized.

Personalities

• Anterus (possibly born in Petilia (date unknown), † January 236), Pope from November 235 to January 236.

Web links

Commons : Petilia Policastro  - 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.