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Comune di Cittanova | |||
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Cittanova
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Coordinates: | |||
Country | Italy | ||
Region | Calabria | ||
Province | Reggio Calabria (RC) | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Alessandro Cannatà | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 61.8 km2 (23.9 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) | ||
Population (Dec. 2004)[1] | |||
• Total | 10,640 | ||
• Density | 172.2/km2 (445.9/sq mi) | ||
Demonym | Cittanovesi | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 89022 | ||
Dialing code | 0966 | ||
Patron saint | St. Jerome | ||
Saint day | September 30 | ||
Website | Official website |
Cittanova is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 80 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 45 km northeast of Reggio Calabria.
Cittanova borders the following municipalities: Antonimina, Canolo, Ciminà, Gerace, Melicucco, Molochio, Polistena, Rizziconi, Rosarno, San Giorgio Morgeto, Taurianova.
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Cittanova ("New City") was born in 1618, in the wake of the disastrous earthquake of 1616, as the Nuovo Casale di Curtuladi ("New Hamlet of Curtuladi"), then Casalnuovo upgraded to city status as Cittanova. The city was all but demolished in the great earthquake of 1783 that damaged Messina.[2]
Cittanova has a railways station served by the Ferrovie della Calabria. It is crossed by the Locri-Gioia Tauro Provincial Road.