Tarsia

Tarsia
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates	39 ° 37 '  N , 16 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 37 '15 "  N , 16 ° 16' 19"  E
height	192  m slm
surface	49.35 km²
Residents	1,948 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	87040
prefix	0981
ISTAT number	078145
Popular name	Tarsiani or Tarsioti
Patron saint	San Francesco da Paola
Website	Tarsia

Tarsia is a southern Italian municipality in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region with 1948 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Tarsia is located about 44 kilometers north of Cosenza. The place is in the lower part of the Crati River . The neighboring municipalities are Bisignano , Corigliano-Rossano , Roggiano Gravina , San Demetrio Corone , San Lorenzo del Vallo , San Marco Argentano , Santa Sofia d'Epiro , Spezzano Albanese and Terranova da Sibari .

The place is strongly agricultural. Fruit, grain and olives as well as cattle and sheep are grown or produced.

Under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini there was an internment camp at the foot of the village. Between 1940 and 1943, this Campo Ferramonti housed 2,000 civilians, around three-quarters of whom were foreign Jews, who had been picked up by Italian security forces on their escape route. The local population showed solidarity to help care for the inmates.

In 2016 the project of the International Cemetery for Drowned Boat Refugees became more concrete.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ A positive footnote in a dark chapter of history , NZZ, August 10, 2016
3. ↑ Last resting place for the nameless, NZZ, August 10, 2016 ( Memento of the original of August 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.