Sant'Angelo in Vado
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Country | Italy | |
region | Brands | |
province | Pesaro and Urbino (PU) | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 40 ' N , 12 ° 25' E | |
height | 359 m slm | |
surface | 67.44 km² | |
Residents | 4,006 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 59 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 61048 | |
prefix | 0722 | |
ISTAT number | 041057 | |
Popular name | Vadesi | |
Patron saint | Archangel Michael (September 29) | |
Website | Sant'Angelo in Vado | |
View of the community on the river bend |
Sant'Angelo in Vado (in the local dialect: Sant'Angële ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in Marche . Sant'Angelo in Vado is part of the Comunità Montana Alto e Medio Metauro .
location
The municipality is located about 19 kilometers west-southwest of Urbino and about 50 kilometers southwest of Pesaro on the Metauro . The municipality borders on the exclave of the Città di Castello ( province of Perugia ).
history
Sant'Angelo in Vado is built on the remains of a Roman settlement. With the Domus del Mito site, important archaeological explorations are still taking place in the municipality.
The parish was the seat of a bishopric from 1635 ( aeque pricipaliter with Urbania), but since the union with the diocese of Urbino in 1986 to form the archbishopric of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado , the place has lost its importance.
traffic
The Strada Statale 73bis di Bocca Trabaria (also: E 78 ) from Fano to San Giustino leads in an east-west direction through the municipality. At Sant'Angelo in Vado, Strada Statale 687 also crosses Pedemontana delle Marche , which leads from here to Lunano .
Town twinning
Mar del Plata in Argentina is twin town of Sant'Angelo in Vado.
Born in Sant'Angelo
- Taddeo Zuccari (1529–1566), painter
- Federico Zuccari (1539–1609), painter
- Francesco Mancini (1679–1758), painter
- Torquato Dini (1893–1934), archbishop and diplomat
- Mario Spezi (1945–2016), journalist and author
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.