Cotronei | |
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Comune | |
Comune di Cotronei | |
Coordinates: 39°09′40″N16°46′40″E / 39.16111°N 16.77778°E Coordinates: 39°09′40″N16°46′40″E / 39.16111°N 16.77778°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Calabria |
Province | Crotone (KR) |
Frazioni | Trepido |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nicola Belcastro |
Area | |
• Total | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (30 November 2012) | |
• Total | 5,428 |
• Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Cotronellari |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 88836 |
Dialing code | 0962 |
Cotronei (Cotronellaro: Cutrunii) is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy. It is the home town of Giovanni Tallarico, grandfather of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler. [1]
The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages but smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish them vary considerably between different parts of the world.
The province of Crotone is a province in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It was formed in 1992 out of a section of the province of Catanzaro. The provincial capital is the city of Crotone. It borders the provinces of Cosenza, Catanzaro, and also the Ionian Sea. It contains the mountain Pizzuta, the National Park of the Sila, Montagnella Park, and the Giglietto Valley. Crotone was founded in 710 BCE. It participated in the Second Punic War against the Roman Republic.
The economy of Cotronei relies on the production of oil, wine, cereals, citruses, and the intense breeding of cattle.
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic and lipophilic. Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are usually flammable and surface active.
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol, carbon dioxide, and heat. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different styles of wine. These variations result from the complex interactions between the biochemical development of the grape, the reactions involved in fermentation, the terroir, and the production process. Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine. These typically restrict the geographical origin and permitted varieties of grapes, as well as other aspects of wine production. Wines not made from grapes include rice wine and fruit wines such as plum, cherry, pomegranate, currant and elderberry.
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