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Province of CatanzaroThe Province of Catanzaro is a province of the Calabria region, in Italy. The city of Catanzaro is capital both of the province and of the region....
. The capital is the city of
CrotoneCrotone is a city in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to Crotone. In 1994 it became the capital of the newly established Province of Crotone...
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The
Province of Crotone is a
provinceIn Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality and region .||...
in the
CalabriaCalabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the...
region of
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
. It was created in 1996 out of part of the
Province of CatanzaroThe Province of Catanzaro is a province of the Calabria region, in Italy. The city of Catanzaro is capital both of the province and of the region....
. The capital is the city of
CrotoneCrotone is a city in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to Crotone. In 1994 it became the capital of the newly established Province of Crotone...
.
It has an area of 1,717 km², and a total population of 172,970 (2005). There are 27
comuni (singular:
comune) in the province
http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6, see Comuni of the Province of Crotone.
Main comuni by population (as of May 31, 2005)
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CrotoneCrotone is a city in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to Crotone. In 1994 it became the capital of the newly established Province of Crotone...
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60,157 |
| Isola di Capo Rizzuto Isola di Capo Rizzuto is a town in the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. The population of the town is around 15,000. Despite having the name "Isola" , it is not actually an island, rather an isthmus extending into the sea, which is completely attached to the peninsula.The main historical...
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14,688 |
| Cirò Marina Cirò Marina is a comune and town with a population of 24,000 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.-History:Conquered by spanish army in the XVI, locals were defeated by spanish soldiers due superiority in spirit to combat and disciplin....
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14,401 |
| Cutro -History:Cutro was a Greek colony of Magna Grecia, with the name of Kyterion.It obtained the title of city in 1575 by the Spanish King Philip II, after the local chess champion Giò Leonardo Di Bona had won a contest at the Spanish court....
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10,360 |
Petilia PolicastroPetilia de Policastro is a comune and town with a population of 9,594 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.-History:Settled in the Byzantine era, the town is believed to be home to Pope Anterus.-Economy:...
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9,495 |
MesoracaMesoraca is a comune and town with a population of 5525 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.-Economy:Mesoraca relies on the production of oil, wine, cereals, citruses, and intensive cattle rearing....
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6,853 |
StrongoliStrongoli is a comune and town with a population of over 6000 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.-History:In antiquity, Strongoli was the site of Petelia, said to have been founded by Philoctetes....
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6,144 |
| Rocca di Neto Rocca di Neto is a town and comune of the province of Crotone in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Notes and references:...
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5,595 |
CotroneiCotronei is a comune and town with a population of 5525 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.It's the home town of Giovanni Tallarico, grandfather of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.-Economy:...
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5,528 |
| Savelli thumb|300px|The Coat of Arms of the Savelli over a wall of the church of [[Santa Maria in Aracoeli]], [[Rome]].The Savelli were a rich and influential Roman family who rose to prominence in the twelfth century and were extinct in the male line in 1712.The family, who held the lordship of Palombara...
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1,548 |
External links
Provincia di Crotone homepage