Poggio Catino

Poggio Catino
Poggio Catino
Comune
	Comune di Poggio Catino
	Panoramic view
	Location of Poggio Catino
	Poggio Catino Location of Poggio Catino in Italy Poggio Catino Poggio Catino (Lazio)
	Coordinates: 42°17′42.0″N 12°41′31.7″E / 42.295000°N 12.692139°E
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Rieti (RI)
Frazioni	Catino
Government
• Mayor	Roberto Sturba (Civic List, since 2009)
Area
• Total	15.0 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Elevation	387 m (1,270 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,335
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym	Poggiocatinari
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	02040
Dialing code	0765
Patron saint	St. Sylvester; and St. Roch
Saint day	31 December; and 16 August
Website	Official website

Poggio Catino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Rome and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Rieti. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 1,335 and an area of 15.0 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi).^[2]

History[edit]

The village was created at the end of the 11th century, above the Moricone hill, to find a larger building space than that of the nearby village of Catino, founded in the 7th century, and nowadays a hamlet of it. The toponym itself describes the topography of the built-up area: a hillock (poggio) above a basin (catino). Anciently under the rule of Farfa Abbey, it became part of the Province of Perugia, after the Italian unification (1861). Since 1927, with the creation of the province of Rieti, Poggio Catino, as well as the rest of the new province, passed from the region of Umbria to the one of Lazio.^[3]

Geography[edit]

Poggio Catino is a hilltown part of the historic region of Sabina. The municipality borders with Cantalupo in Sabina, Forano, Poggio Mirteto, Roccantica and Salisano.^[4]

Its only hamlet (frazione), is the nearby village of Catino (42°17′25.8″N 12°41′36.0″E / 42.290500°N 12.693333°E / 42.290500; 12.693333), 1 km far and with a population of 112.^[5]