Marcellinara
Comune
Comune di Marcellinara
Location of Marcellinara
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Coordinates: 38°56′N 16°30′E / 38.933°N 16.500°E / 38.933; 16.500
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Catanzaro (CZ)
Government
• Mayor	Vittorio Scerbo
Area [1]
• Total	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation	337 m (1,106 ft)
Population  (31 December 2015)[2]
• Total	2,085
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Demonym	Marcellinaresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	88044
Dialing code	0961
Patron saint	San Francesco da Paola
Saint day	2 April
Website	Official website

Marcellinara (Calabrian: Marcinàri) is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is a small village located in the middle of the narrowest strip (isthmus) of Italy and one of the narrowest of Europe as well, between the Ionian (East) and the Tyhrennian (West) seas; the distance between them is only 40 km.

It is located close to both the regional capital of Catanzaro and the international airport of Lamezia Terme.

Transport

The village is around 20 minutes far away from Lamezia Terme International Airport, from Lamezia Terme Centrale railway station and from the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria high-way exit of the same Lamezia Terme.

It is also 15 minutes away from the train station of Catanzaro Lido and 10 minutes from the SS 106 Taranto-Reggio Calabria exit.