Sant'Elpidio a Mare

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Sant'Elpidio a Mare
Sant'Elpidio a Mare (Marche)
Coordinates: 43°14′N13°41′E / 43.233°N 13.683°E / 43.233; 13.683
Country Italy
Region Marche
Province Fermo (FM)
Frazioni Casette d'Ete, Cascinare, Bivio Cascinare, Castellano, Luce, Cretarola
Government
  MayorAlessio Terrenzi
Area
[1]
  Total50.52 km2 (19.51 sq mi)
Elevation
257 m (843 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2016) [2]
  Total17,073
  Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Demonym Elpidiensi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
63811
Dialing code 0734
Patron saint Saint Elpidius
Saint daySeptember 2
Website Official website

Sant'Elpidio a Mare is a town and comune in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy.

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Geography

Sant'Elpidio a Mare is located on a ridge of Marche Apennine, elevation 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level, between the lower river valleys of the river Tenna and Ete Morto, 9 kilometres (6 mi) from the Adriatic Sea.

Toponym

The historical name of locality is documented by an 11th century parchment as "Sancto Elpidio Majore" to distinguish it from other places in Sant'Elpidio Morico Brand Fermana. The abbreviation of "majore" was later changed to "mare" ("sea" in Italian).

History

The town occupies the site of the ancient Roman city of Cluana, destroyed by the Visigoths in the early 5th century. In 887 here a large Benedictine Abbey was founded in 887; the medieval borough rose around it as Castello di Sant'Elpidio, starting from the 11th century.

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References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Population data from ISTAT

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