Sonnino

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Sonnino
coat of arms
Sonnino (Italy)
Sonnino
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Latina  (LT)
Coordinates 41 ° 25 '  N , 13 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 25 '0 "  N , 13 ° 14' 0"  E
height 430  m slm
surface 64 km²
Residents 7,503 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 117 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04010
prefix 0773
ISTAT number 059029
Popular name Sonninesi
Patron saint San Marco
Website Sonnino

Sonnino is an Italian city in the province of Latina in the Lazio region with 7503 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 99 kilometers southeast of Rome .

geography

Sonnino is located in the Monti Ausoni north of Terracina . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini e Ausoni .

history

At the end of the 18th century / beginning of the 19th century, Sonnino was the center of the robbery in the Papal State due to its strategic location on the edge of the Papal States to the Kingdom of Naples. Brigantenführer Antonio Gasbarrone, who was immortalized in Carl Millöcker's operetta "Gasparone" only two years after his death in 1882, became famous .

population

year 1871 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 3,322 4,518 5,231 7,786 6,859 6,953 7,043

politics

Luciano De Angelis (Lista Civica: Sonnino Insieme) was elected Mayor on July 18, 2018.

Attractions

  • The castle with its high round tower stands on the top of the hill.
  • The church of San Michele next to the castle is largely determined by the reliefs that are in the vault of the first chapel, namely a concert performed by a violinist and two accompanists playing the lute.
  • The Museo Terre del Confine, in which the life of the brigands is depicted, is located on Via Cristoforo Colombo.

Town twinning

Sonnino's partner municipalities are the French Eysines in Aquitaine and the two Italian municipalities Sant'Eusanio Forconese in Abruzzo and Binasco in Lombardy .

Sons and daughters of the place

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Individual evidence

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