Umbriatico
Comune
Comune di Umbriatico
Coat of arms of Umbriatico
Coat of arms
Location of Umbriatico
Map
Umbriatico is located in Italy
Umbriatico
Umbriatico
Location of Umbriatico in Italy
Umbriatico is located in Calabria
Umbriatico
Umbriatico
Umbriatico (Calabria)
Coordinates: 39°21′N 16°54′E / 39.350°N 16.900°E / 39.350; 16.900
CountryItaly
RegionCalabria
ProvinceCrotone (KR)
FrazioniPerticaro
Government
 • MayorPietro Grillo
Area
[1]
 • Total72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation
422 m (1,385 ft)
Population
 (2007)[2]
 • Total930
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
88823
Dialing code0962

Umbriatico is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy. As of 2007 Umbriatico had an estimated population of 930.[3]

History

Umbriatico was founded by the Oenotrians before the arrival of the Greek colonists who founded nearby Kroton. During the Second Punic War it had a defensive wall, but this did not prevent the Romans from storming it and massacring the population.

During the Middle Ages Umbriatico was the seat of a bishopric, which was abolished as a residential see in 1818 and brought into use as a titular diocese of the Catholic Church in 1969.

The town is now a small agricultural and livestock-breeding centre.

Sources

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ ""The World Gazetteer"". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2007-02-25.



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