Bellegra

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Bellegra
Comune di Bellegra
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Bellegra
Bellegra (Lazio)
Coordinates: 41°53′N13°02′E / 41.883°N 13.033°E / 41.883; 13.033
Country Italy
Region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome (RM)
Frazioni Vaccarecce, Vadocanale, Fontanafresca
Government
  MayorFlavio Cera
Area
  Total18.78 km2 (7.25 sq mi)
Elevation
815 m (2,674 ft)
Population
 (30 April 2017 [1] )
  Total2,839
  Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Bellegrani
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
00030
Dialing code 06
Patron saint Pope St. Sixtus II
Saint dayAugust 6
Website Official website

Bellegra is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy.

Its original name since 11 January 967 had been Civitella (Latin : Civitas Vitellia). The town council changed that name to its current one on 10 October 1880, out of the belief that the town lay on the site of an ancient town called Belecre, possibly from the Latin bella aegra (blood-stained wars). [2]

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References

  1. Demographics data from ISTAT
  2. ComuniWeb.it "Bellegra" (in Italian)