Santi Cosma e Damiano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
province | Latina (LT) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 18 ' N , 13 ° 49' E | |
height | 181 m slm | |
surface | 32 km² | |
Residents | 6,866 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 215 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 04020 | |
prefix | 0771 | |
ISTAT number | 059026 | |
Popular name | Sancosmesi | |
Patron saint | Santi Cosma e Damiano |
Santi Cosma e Damiano is a municipality in the province of Latina in the Italian region of Lazio with 6866 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 151 km southeast of Rome and 98 km east of Latina .
geography
Santi Cosma e Damiano is located on the eastern slope of the Monti Aurunci . It has almost grown together with the neighboring town of Castelforte . While the district of Ventosa lies above the main town in the mountains, the districts of Cerri Aprano, Grunuovo, Pilone and San Lorenzo extend on the plain on the Garigliano , the border river to Campania .
Santi Cosma e Damiano is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Monti Aurunci .
The neighboring towns are Castelforte , Minturno , Coreno Ausonio ( FR ) and Sessa Aurunca ( CE ).
history
The place probably originated during the Migration Period , when the inhabitants of the coastal plain were looking for places in the nearby mountains that were easier to defend. Santi Cosma e Damiano was first mentioned in 830 in the Codex Diplomaticus Cajetanus . It has belonged to the Duchy of Traetto since the Middle Ages . From 1809 to 1820 and from 1928 to 1947 it was united with Castelforte in one municipality.
Population development
year | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Residents | 3,012 | 3,103 | 3,929 | 4,533 | 4.030 | 3,148 | 2,695 | 4,831 | 6,532 |
Source: ISTAT
politics
Vincenzo Di Siena (list of citizens) was elected mayor in May 2007.
Web links
- Santi Cosma e Damiano ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at Pro Loco (Italian)
- Santi Cosma e Damiano on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.