Vetralla

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Vetralla
coat of arms
Vetralla (Italy)
Vetralla
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates 42 ° 19 '  N , 12 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 19 '14 "  N , 12 ° 3' 15"  E
height 300  m slm
surface 113 km²
Residents 13,930 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 123 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01019
prefix 0761
ISTAT number 056057
Popular name Vetrallesi
Patron saint Sant'Ippolito
Website Vetralla

Vetralla is a town in the province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio with 13,930 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 68 km north-west of Rome and 16 km south of Viterbo .

Vetralla

geography

Vetralla is located near Lake Vico in the volcanic hill country of southern Tuscia with its deeply cut valleys. It is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Cimini .

The districts Cinelli, Cura, Giardino, La Botte, Mazzocchio, Pietrara and Tre Croci belong to Vetralla.

The neighboring communities are Barbarano Romano , Blera , Capranica , Caprarola , Monte Romano , Ronciglione , Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia and Viterbo .

traffic

Vetralla is on the SS 2 Via Cassia , which runs from Rome via Viterbo to Florence . In Vetralla the SS 1 bis branches off, which connects the place with the Via Aurelia near Tarquinia . In the districts of Cura and Tre Croci, the municipality has train stations on the regional line FR3 Rome – Viterbo .

history

At the end of the Roman era, the population moved from the town of Forum Cassii, about two kilometers from the present location, to the current dominant and easily defended location. With the Sutric donation , Vetralla belonged to the Papal States , from 1110 to 1134 to the Lords of Viterbo . 1145 called Pope Eugene III. in Vetralla, where he wanted to escape the Roman acts of violence and fighting, with the bull Quantum praedecessores for the 2nd crusade . After Vetralla was disputed for a long time between the Papal States and the Lords of Viterbo, it came under the rule of several noble families connected to the Pope, such as the Orsini and the Di Vico .

Population development

year 1871 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 6,602 6,583 8,020 8,061 8,698 9,800 9,359 11,573 11,917

Source: ISTAT

politics

Massimo Marconi ( PdL ) was elected mayor in May 2006. His center-right alliance has the majority in the municipal council with 13 out of 20 seats.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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