Motta Santa Lucia

Motta Santa Lucia
Comune
Comune di Motta Santa Lucia
Coat of arms
Location of Motta Santa Lucia
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Coordinates: 39°6′N16°18′E / 39.100°N 16.300°E / 39.100; 16.300
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Catanzaro (CZ)
Frazioni	Casale, Marignano, Porchia, Salice
Government
• Mayor	Ivano Egeo
Area [1]
• Total	26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Elevation	590 m (1,940 ft)
Population  (31 December 2013) [2]
• Total	875
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Demonym	Mottesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	88040
Dialing code	0968
ISTAT code	079083
Patron saint	St. Lucy
Saint day	December 13th
Website	Official website

Motta Santa Lucia is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, southern Italy with 792 residents. ^[3]

Geography

Location

Motta Santa Lucia stands at the top of a hill 590 meters above sea level, geographically located in the lower Savuto valley, on the slopes of Sila Piccola, on the border with the province of Cosenza. The altimetric profile of the municipal territory is between 169 and 1351 meters above sea level.

The surface area of Motta Santa Lucia is 26.3 km².

Climate

In Motta Santa Lucia, for the most part, summers are short, hot, dry and clear and winters are long, cold and rainy.

Borders

The town is bordered by Conflenti, Martirano, Decollatura, Pedivigliano (CS), Altilia (CS).

Events and festivals

• Saint Lucy: December 13
• "Ballata dei Ciucci di Sant'Anna": Last Sunday of July
• "Ballata dei Babbi": August 15
• "Farce": Carnival

See also

• Giuseppe Villella

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
3. "Bilancio demografico mensile". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

Sources

• Imperio Assisi et al., Decollatura e Motta S. Lucia: due comunità del Reventino, Decollatura: Grafica Reventino, 1980.