Scigliano

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Scigliano
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Scigliano (Italy)
Scigliano
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates 39 ° 8 '  N , 16 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 8 '0 "  N , 16 ° 18' 0"  E
height 2007  m slm
surface 17 km²
Residents 1,177 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 69 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 87057
prefix 0984
ISTAT number 078139
Popular name Sciglianesi
Patron saint San Giuseppe
Website Scigliano

Scigliano is an Italian city in the province of Cosenza in Calabria with 1177 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Scigliano is about 42 km south of Cosenza on the Savuto River . The neighboring municipalities are Altilia , Carpanzano , Colosimi and Pedivigliano . The districts are Calvisi, Lupia, Serra, Petrisi, Cupani, Diano, Porticelle, Agrifoglio, Celsita and Tasso. The place has a train station on the Cosenza – Catanzaro railway line .

Attractions

Altars are worth seeing in the church of the Annunziata. Other churches worth seeing are the parish church, the church of S. Francesco and the pilgrimage church of S. Maria di Monserrato. There is a single-arched stone bridge near the village, which probably dates from the Roman era.

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.