Ripatransone

Ripatransone
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Ascoli Piceno  (AP)
Coordinates	43 ° 0 ′  N , 13 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′ 1 "  N , 13 ° 45 ′ 45"  E
height	494  m slm
surface	74.16 km²
Residents	4,142 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	56 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	63065
prefix	0735
ISTAT number	044063
Popular name	Ripani
Patron saint	Mary Magdalene
Website	Ripatransone
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Ripatransone (in the local dialect: le Ripe ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 4142 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Ascoli Piceno in Marche . The municipality is located about 22 kilometers northeast of Ascoli Piceno and about 8.5 kilometers west of the Adriatic coast on the Tesino .

history

As a free-market community, Ripatransone has been known in the books since 1205. Pope Pius V established a diocese here in 1571 and granted the place city rights. In 1983 the diocese was merged with that of San Benedetto del Tronto. Today it is the diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto .

Community partnerships

Ripatransone has had an intra-Italian partnership with the municipality of Sapri in the province of Salerno since 1996 and a partnership with the Greek island city of Zakynthos on the Ionian Islands since 1996 .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ascanio Condivi (1525–1574), painter and author
• Edmondo Bruti Liberati (* 1944), judge

Web links

Commons : Ripatransone  - 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.