Rocca di Cambio

Rocca di Cambio
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	L'Aquila  (AQ)
Coordinates	42 ° 14 '  N , 13 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 14 '14 "  N , 13 ° 29' 24"  E
height	1434  m slm
surface	27.59 km²
Residents	480 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	67047
prefix	0862
ISTAT number	066081
Popular name	Roccacagnesi
Patron saint	Lucia of Syracuse
Website	Rocca di Cambio
Rocca di Cambio

Rocca di Cambio is a municipality ( comune ) in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region in Italy and has 480 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality is located about 15 kilometers south-southeast of L'Aquila in the Sirente-Velino Regional Park and belongs to the Comunità montana Sirentina .

In 1953, the parish was one of the filming locations for the film Don Camillo's Return, starring Gino Cervi and Fernandel .

Sports

The municipality is not only known as a ski area, but was also a stage location of the Giro d'Italia several times, especially in the 1960s . The Giro last stopped here in 2012.

traffic

The former Strada Statale 5bis Vestina-Sarentina (now a regional road) leads through the municipality from L'Aquila to Celano .

Community partnerships

• Saas-Fee , Canton of Valais

Personalities

Alessandro Bavona , Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil and Austria-Hungary, was born in Rocca di Cambio in 1856.

Web links

Commons : Rocca di Cambio  - 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.