Sonnino
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| Comune di Sonnino | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Latina (LT) |
| Mayor | Gino Cesare Gasbarrone (since May 2002) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,411 ft) |
| Area | 63 km² (24 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2004-12-31) | |
| - Total | 7,070 |
| - Density | 112/km² (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Sonninesi |
| Dialing code | 0773 |
| Postal code | 04010 |
| Frazioni | Capocroce, Cerreto, Frasso, La Sassa, Sonnino Scalo |
| Patron | San Caspar del Bufalo and St. Mark |
| - Day | October 21 and April 25 |
| Website: www.comune.sonnino.latina.it | |
Sonnino is a town and commune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the birthplace of Italian national team footballer Alessandro Altobelli.
In July 1819 Ercole, Cardinal Consalvi, Secretary of State at the Vatican ordered Sonnino to be razed to the ground as it had become a notorious haunt of the banditti in the Campagna di Roma.
(Compendio Istorico su Pio VII, Milan 1824; Biografia del' Italiani viventi, art. Consalvi; and Tournon, Etudes Statistiques sur Rome.)
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