Polistena

Polistena
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria  (RC)
Coordinates	38 ° 24 '  N , 16 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 24 '0 "  N , 16 ° 4' 0"  E
height	254  m slm
surface	11.7 km²
Residents	10,212 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	873 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	89024
prefix	0966
ISTAT number	080061
Popular name	Polistenesi
Patron saint	Marina of Bithynia
Website	Polistena

Polistena is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 10,212 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria in Calabria . The municipality is located about 50 kilometers northeast of Reggio Calabria and about 70 kilometers southwest of Catanzaro .

history

The name already suggests a Greek origin ( Polyxene , Polysthene ; possibly as "fortified city" - polis, tene). The origin itself is unknown. Its existence is documented by documents since the 11th century AD. The settlement flourished in the Middle Ages, but the earthquake of 1783 destroyed large parts of the region and also Polistenas.

Panorama of Polistena

Personalities

• Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728), librettist (died in Polistena)
• Mimmo Calopresti (* 1955), film director

traffic

Polistena is on Strada Statale 682 Jonio-Tirreno . The State Road 281 and State Road 536 pass through the town. The Polistena station is on the non-electrified railway line from Gioia Tauro to Cinquefrondi . It is a narrow-gauge railway (950 mm rail spacing)

Parish partnership

Polistena maintains an intra-Italian partnership with the municipality of Anzola dell'Emilia in the metropolitan city of Bologna .

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Polistena  - collection of images, videos and audio files