Spezzano Albanese

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Comune di Spezzano Albanese
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Calabria
Province Cosenza (CS)
Mayor Ferdinando Nociti (since June 14, 2004)
Elevation 320 m (1,050 ft)
Area 33 km² (13 sq mi)
Population (as of 2001)
 - Total 7,036
 - Density 213/km² (552/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 39°40′N, 16°19′E
Gentilic Spezzanesi
Dialing code 0981
Postal code 87019
Patron Our Lady of the Graces (Madonna delle Grazie)
 - Day First Tuesday after the Easter
Website: http://www.comune.spezzano-albanese.cs.it/

Spezzano Albanese is an Italian comune in the Province of Cosenza, Calabria. It has 7,036 inhabitants as of 2001.

As the name implies, Spezzano Albanese is an Arbëreshë community, and is called Spixan in the dialect of Albanian spoken by its inhabitants.

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