Valentano

Valentano
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Viterbo (VT)
Coordinates	42 ° 34 ' N , 11 ° 50' E Coordinates: 42 ° 33 '55 " N , 11 ° 49' 37" E
height	538 m slm
surface	43.29 km²
Residents	2,811 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	65 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	01018
prefix	0761
ISTAT number	056053
Popular name	Valentanesi
Patron saint	John (Apostle) December 27th
Website	Valentano
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Valentano is an Italian commune in the province of Viterbo in the Lazio region with 2811 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of Valentano in the province of Viterbo

Valentano is located 117 km north of Rome , 116 km south of Siena and 33 km northwest of Viterbo . The municipality is located on the northwestern edge of the Lazio region on the border with Tuscany .

The historic town center is located on a hill of the Volsiner Mountains which surround Lake Bolsena , from whose west bank the town is 6 km away. The modern suburbs of Felceti and Villa Fontane are on the plain between the hills and the lake.

Valentano is a member of the Comunità montana Alta Tuscia Laziale .

The neighboring municipalities are Latera , Gradoli , Capodimonte , Piansano , Cellere , Ischia di Castro , Farnese and Pitigliano ( GR ) in a clockwise direction .

geology

Valentano is located in a formerly volcanically active area, the so-called Apparato Vulsinio . The city itself lies on the caldera of one of the four main volcanoes, the Latera crater. The nearby Lake Bolsena itself was created by the collapse of underground magma chambers. Numerous thermal springs in the area still remind of the volcanic past .

The community is located in earthquake zone 3 (little risk).

traffic

Valentano is accessed from the Strada Statale 312 Castrense , which leads from Montalto di Castro on the Via Aurelia towards Tuscany and joins the state road SS 74 Maremmana behind Latera .
The nearest train station, 31 km away, is Montefiascone on the Attigliano-Viterbo railway line .
The nearest international airport, Rome Fiumicino, is 131 km away.