Rocca d'Arce

Rocca d'Arce
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates	41 ° 35 '  N , 13 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 35 '15 "  N , 13 ° 35' 7"  E
height	507  m slm
surface	11 km²
Residents	937 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	85 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	03030
prefix	0776
ISTAT number	060059
Popular name	Rocchigiani
Patron saint	San Bernardo

Rocca d'Arce is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 937 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 112 km southeast of Rome and 31 km east of Frosinone .

geography

Rocca d'Arce is located on a prominent hill above the Liri valley above Arce . The districts of Fraioli and Murata, in which the majority of the inhabitants live today, are located in the valley below Rocca d'Arce. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle del Liri .

The neighboring towns are Arce , Colfelice , Fontana Liri , Roccasecca and Santopadre .

history

Archaeological finds show that the hill of Rocca d'Arce was already settled in the Iron Age . The Volscians had a castle here, an Arx , hence the name Arce . 313 BC BC the Romans took the Arx without a fight. In the centuries in the Roman Empire without any external threat, the fortress on the mountain lost its importance, but gained it back during the Migration Period , with the threat to the cities in the plain. The Rocca d'Arce fortress was a base for the local population against the Byzantines , Lombards , Saracens and Normans . Henry VI. took the castle for the Kingdom of Sicily in 1197. It remained in the possession of the Hohenstaufen family until it was conquered by Charles I of Anjou in 1265 . In 1583 Rocca d'Arce came into the possession of the Giacomo Boncompagni family , dukes of Arce and Sora . In 1796 the Duchy of the Boncompagni fell directly to the Kingdom of Naples and became part of the Terra del Lavoro province . In 1927 Rocca d'Arce became part of the newly founded province of Frosinone.

Population development

year	1861	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	1,345	1,479	1,796	1,752	1,550	1,586	1,035	1,059	1,031

Source: ISTAT

politics

Rocco Pantanella (Citizen List) was elected Mayor in June 2004. He was re-elected one more time on May 25, 2014.

Web links

• La Ciociaria (Italian)
• private site about Rocca d'Arce (Italian)
• Rocca d'Arce on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

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