Sgurgola

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Sgurgola
coat of arms
Sgurgola (Italy)
Sgurgola
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 40 ′  N , 13 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 40 ′ 15 "  N , 13 ° 8 ′ 58"  E
height 386  m slm
surface 19 km²
Residents 2,513 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 132 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03010
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060073
Popular name Sgurgolani
Patron saint San Leonardo
Website Sgurgola

Sgurgola is an Italian commune in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 2513 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 70 km southeast of Rome and 25 km west of Frosinone .

The name Sgurgola may have come from the Lombard expression Sculca , which means sentry post.

geography

Sgurgola lies on a hill above the Saccotal . It is dominated by the steep Monte Favitozzo (1283 m), which belongs to the Monti Lepini . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini, Ausoni e Valliva .

The neighboring towns are Anagni , Ferentino , Gorga ( RM ) and Morolo .

traffic

Sgurgola is 12 km from the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway , Anagni exit.

With the Sgurgola train station , 4 km from the center, the town is on the Rome - Naples railway line.

history

According to legend, the ancient Sgurgola is said to have been founded by soldiers from the slave army of Spartacus who died after the lost battle of Silarius in 71 BC. BC, had fled here. Archaeologically, however, only various Villae Rusticae have been proven. The large, perhaps imperial, so-called Villa Magna was destroyed by Ricimer in the 5th century.

The Castrum Sculcule was first mentioned in 1088 when Pope Urban II subordinated it to the Bishop of Anagni , who in turn gave it to the Conti di Ceccano as a fief. In 1314 Pietro Caetani conquered Sgurgola for his family, who owned it until 1484 when Prospero Colonna took it. The Colonna ruled Sgurgola until 1818. In 1870 it became part of the Kingdom of Italy . In 1927 the province of Rome became the newly founded province of Frosinone.

After the population emigrated in the decades after the Second World War, Sgurgola experienced an upswing again due to the emerging industrialization of the Sacco valley.

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 2,899 3,592 4,061 3,856 3,659 2,625 2,463 2,556

Source: ISTAT

politics

Luciana Perfetti ( PD ) was elected mayor in July 2007. Your left citizen list represents 8 out of 12 local councils.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Il Giornalino di Acuto

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