Sacrofano

Sacrofano
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome  (RM)
Coordinates	42 ° 6 '  N , 12 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 6 '18 "  N , 12 ° 26' 54"  E
height	260  m slm
surface	28 km²
Residents	7,758 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	277 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	00060
prefix	06
ISTAT number	058093
Popular name	Sacrofanesi
Patron saint	San Biagio
Website	Sacrofano

Sacrofano

Sacrofano is a municipality in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 7758 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 32 km north of Rome .

geography

Sacrofano is located on the slope of Monte Musino, which is of volcanic origin, between the Monti Sabatini and the valley of the Tiber . The municipality belongs to the Parco Regionale Veio .

history

The place originally belonged to the Ager Veientanus, the area of ​​the Etruscan city Veji and came in the fourth century BC. In Rome. In 755 Eustathius donated the place to Santa Maria Maggiore . From the 14th century Sacrofano came successively to the noble families Savelli , Orsini and Chigi .

Population development

year	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	1,068	1,272	1,283	1,348	1,617	2,222	4,475	5,691

Source: ISTAT

politics

Valter Casagrande was elected mayor in May 2003 and confirmed in office in April 2008. With the election on May 26, 2013, Tommaso Luzzi succeeded him as mayor.

Web links

Commons : Sacrofano  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Municipality (Italian)
• Sacrofano 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.