Sonnino
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
province | Latina (LT) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 25 ' N , 13 ° 14' 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 |
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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
- Antonio Gasbarrone (December 12, 1793 - April 1, 1882), Brigant
- Velasio De Paolis CS (1935-2017), Archbishop of the Curia
- Alessandro Altobelli (* 1955), football player
Web links
- Municipality (Italian)
- Sonnino 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.
- ↑ ISTAT