Umbriatico | |
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Comune di Umbriatico | |
Coordinates: 39°21′N 16°54′E / 39.350°N 16.900°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Calabria |
Province | Crotone (KR) |
Frazioni | Perticaro |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pietro Grillo |
Area | |
• Total | 72 km2 (28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 422 m (1,385 ft) |
Population (2007)
[2] | |
• Total | 930 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal code | 88823 |
Dialing code | 0962 |
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]
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.