Tiriolo

Tiriolo
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Catanzaro (CZ)
Coordinates	38 ° 57 ′ N , 16 ° 30 ′ E Coordinates: 38 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ N , 16 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E
height	690 m slm
surface	28.98 km²
Residents	3,746 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	129 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	88056
prefix	0961
ISTAT number	079147
Popular name	Tiriolesi
Patron saint	Madonna della Neve
Website	Tiriolo

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Tiriolo is an Italian commune with 3746 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Catanzaro , Calabria region .

The area of the municipality is at an altitude of 690 m above sea level and covers an area of 29.98 km² . The neighboring municipalities are Catanzaro , Gimigliano , Marcellinara , Miglierina , San Pietro Apostolo and Settingiano . The districts are Pratora, Sarrottino and Soluri. Tiriolo is 19 km northwest of Catanzaro.

The German historian Armin Wolf has been an honorary citizen of Tiriolo since 2015. He advocates the thesis that the Phaeacians of the Odyssey were resident in Calabria and locates their capital near Tiriolo.

Web links

Commons : Tiriolo - collection of images, videos and audio files

Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Honor for Armin Wolf. Message. In: Max Planck Institute for European Legal History. July 21, 2015.
↑ See Armin Wolf: Homer's Journey: in the footsteps of Odysseus. Completely revised new edition. Böhlau, Köln, Weimar, Wien 2009, p. 136 (summary) .

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

[2] Honor for Armin Wolf. Message. In: Max Planck Institute for European Legal History. July 21, 2015.

[3] See Armin Wolf: Homer's Journey: in the footsteps of Odysseus. Completely revised new edition. Böhlau, Köln, Weimar, Wien 2009, p. 136 (summary) .