Tiriolo
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Country | Italy | |
region | Calabria | |
province | Catanzaro (CZ) | |
Coordinates | 38 ° 57 ′ N , 16 ° 30 ′ 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 |
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) .