Sezze

Sezze
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Latina  (LT)
Coordinates	41 ° 30 '  N , 13 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 29 '55 "  N , 13 ° 3' 33"  E
height	319  m slm
surface	101 km²
Residents	24,788 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	245 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	04018
prefix	0773
ISTAT number	059028
Popular name	Setini
Patron saint	San Lidano
Website	Sezze

Sezze (pronunciation: set͡sə ) is an Italian city in the province of Latina in the Lazio region with 24,788 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Sezze is 80 km southeast of Rome and 21 km northeast of Latina . It is located on a hill on the southern slope of the Monti Lepini above the Pontine plain . She is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini e Ausoni .

Sezze includes the districts of Casali, Ceriara, Colli, Crocemoschitto and Foresta, which are located in the foothills of the Monti Lepini. The district of Sezze Scalo is located along the Roma – Formia – Napoli railway with the Sezze train station. Industry has also settled here.

Sezze can be reached by car via State Road 7 Via Appia or State Road 156 dei Monti Lepini from Latina to Frosinone.

history

According to legend, the ancient Setia is said to have been founded by Hercules . It was a Latin settlement . With the expansion of their territory, the place was expanded to the base of the Romans. 382 BC Setia became Colonia . 82 BC It was conquered by Sulla . After that it was the agricultural center and the location of numerous villas. In 956 AD Sezze declared itself a Free Commune. Popes Gregory VII , Paschal II and Lucius III. briefly resided in the city. In 1381 the Caetani took control of Sezze.

Population development

year	1871	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	8,890	8,508	10,679	12,878	16,432	18,393	17,846	21,457	21,935

Source: ISTAT

politics

Andrea Campoli ( center-left alliance ) was elected mayor in May 2007. His center-left alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 12 out of 20 seats.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Gaius Valerius Flaccus († before 90 ), Roman poet
• Lando von Sezze , antipope in the 12th century
• Carlo da Sezze (1613–1670), Franciscan and saint
• Pier Marcellino Corradini (1658–1743), cardinal and archaeologist
• Ippolito Rotoli (1914–1977), archbishop and diplomat

Web links

• Portal about Sezze (Italian)
• Information about Sezze (Italian)
• Sezze 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.