Amantea
Αμάνθεα (Greek) | |
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| Comune di Amantea | |
 View of Amantea on the sea with the Palazzo delle Clarisse | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Amantea  | |
  Amantea Location of Amantea in Italy  Amantea Amantea (Calabria) | |
| Coordinates: 39°08′N 16°04′E / 39.133°N 16.067°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Cosenza (CS) |
| Frazioni | Acquicella, Camoli, Campora San Giovanni, Coreca, Colongi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Commissario prefettizio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.46 km2 (11.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (5 June 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,075 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Amanteani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 87032 |
| Dialing code | 0982 |
| Patron saint | St. Anthony of Padua |
| Saint day | June 13 |
| Website | Official website |
Amantea (Calabrian: A' Mantia; Greek: Amanthea) is a town, former bishopric, comune (municipality) and Latin Catholic titular see in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
It is the twentieth municipality in the region by population,[3] while for population density[4] it is ranked twenty-fourth. It is a tourist centre on the southern Tyrrhenian Sea coast.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Population data from Istat
- ^ Comuni calabresi per popolazione
- ^ Comuni calabresi per densità