Siderno
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Comune di Siderno | |
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Municipal coat of arms |
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Country | Italy |
Region | Calabria |
Province | Reggio Calabria (RC) |
Mayor | |
Elevation | 4 m |
Area | 31 km² |
Population | |
- Total (as of December 31, 2004) | 17,371 |
- Density | 584.8/km² |
Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
Coordinates | |
Gentilic | Sidernesi |
Dialing code | 0964 |
Postal code | 89048 |
Frazioni | See list |
Patron | Maria SS. di Porto Salvo |
- Day | September 8 |
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Website: www.comunesiderno.it |
Siderno is a town located in Calabria, Italy.
Siderno Marina is the newer town located on the Ionic coast. It is popular with both Italian and foreign tourists and has a bathing beach.
Siderno Superiore is the old town higher up on the flank of the coastal mountain range. It has historic palaces and old buildings and very narrow streets.
[edit] Twin cities
Siderno is twinned to Thunder Bay, Ontario, as a large number of Italian immigrants who came to Thunder Bay were from Siderno.
[edit] Frazioni
Donisi, Vennerello, Mirto, Campo, Lucis, Zammariti, Pellegrina, Arona, San Filippo, Leone, Grappidaro, Gonia.