Roccella Ionica

Rocella Ionica
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria  (RC)
Coordinates	38 ° 19 '  N , 16 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 19 '0 "  N , 16 ° 23' 0"  E
height	16  m slm
surface	37 km²
Residents	6,386 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	173 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	89047
prefix	0964
ISTAT number	080067
Popular name	Roccellesi
Patron saint	Viktor (martyr)
Website	Rocella Ionica

Roccella Ionica is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 6386 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria in Calabria . The municipality is located about 70 kilometers east-northeast of Reggio Calabria on the Ionian Sea . Roccella Ionica belongs to the Comunità montana Stilaro-Allaro-Limina and borders the province of Vibo Valentia .

history

The city's roots may go back to the Ionian colony of Amphissa of Magna Graecia . Today Roccella Ionica is mainly known through festivals .

Panorama of Roccella Ionica

traffic

The municipality is located on Strada Statale 106 Jonica , which also leads as European route 90 around the Calabrian coast. There is a train station at Ferrovia Jonica , which runs from Taranto to Reggio Calabria.

Town twinning

Roccella Ionica has had an intra-Italian partnership with Arco in the province of Trento since 2007 .

Web links

Commons : Roccella Ionica  - 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.