Umbriatico

Umbriatico
Comune
Comune di Umbriatico
Coat of arms
Location of Umbriatico
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Coordinates: 39°21′N 16°54′E
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Crotone (KR)
Frazioni	Perticaro
Government
• Mayor	Pietro Grillo
Area [1]
• Total	72 km^2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation	422 m (1,385 ft)
Population  (2007)[2]
• Total	930
• Density	13/km^2 (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]

History

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.

Sources

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
3. ""The World Gazetteer"". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2007-02-25.