Rota Greca
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Country | Italy | |
region | Calabria | |
province | Cosenza (CS) | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 28 ′ N , 16 ° 7 ′ E | |
surface | 12 km² | |
Residents | 1,060 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 88 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 87010 | |
prefix | 0984 | |
ISTAT number | 078109 |
Rota Greca (in Arbëresh , IPA : [ar'bəreʃ] : Rrota ) is an Italian commune with 1060 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region .
Location and dates
Rota Greca is 38 km north of Cosenza .
The neighboring municipalities are: Fuscaldo , Lattarico and the Cerzeto and the Arbëresh -Orte San Martino di Finita .
history
The first documentary evidence of the Albanian presence in Rrota dates from March 8th 1507, when Nicola Macza, Albanian of the “Casale” Santa Maria della Rota, received a license and permission from Prince Berardino Sanseverino to stay armed in the fiefdom of Bisignano .
Remarks
- ↑ (plural of Casale) is the Italian name for a house or a group of houses in the country.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Guida d'Italia - Basilicata, Calabria . Touring Club Italiano, 1980, ISBN 88-365-0021-8 , pp. 126 (Italian, online version in Google Book Search [accessed May 25, 2017]).