Assisi

Assisi
Ascesi
Comune di Assisi
Assisi
Assisi
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Assisi is located in Italy
Assisi
Assisi
Location of Assisi in Umbria
Assisi is located in Umbria
Assisi
Assisi
Assisi (Umbria)
Coordinates: 43°04′33″N 12°37′03″E / 43.07583°N 12.61750°E / 43.07583; 12.61750
CountryItaly
RegionUmbria
ProvincePerugia (PG)
FrazioniArmenzano, Capodacqua, Castelnuovo, Palazzo, Petrignano, Rivotorto, Santa Maria degli Angeli, San Vitale, Sterpeto, Torchiagina, Tordandrea, Tordibetto, Col d'Erba, Col d'Erba III, Collicello, Passaggio di Assisi, Pian della Pieve, Pieve San Nicolò, Podere Casanova, Ponte Grande, Renaiola, Rocca Sant'Angelo, San Damiano, San Gregorio, San Martino, San Martino Basso, San Presto, Santa Tecla, Tomba, Tombetta, Valecchie
Government
 • MayorStefania Proietti (PD)
Area
 • Total
186.8 km2 (72.1 sq mi)
Elevation
424 m (1,391 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2022)[2]
 • Total
27,862
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
DemonymAssisiani/Assisiati
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
06081
Dialing code075
Patron saintSt. Rufinus of Assisi
Saint day12 August
Websitewww.comune.assisi.pg.it Edit this at Wikidata
Official nameAssisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
IncludesSan Damiano, Eremo delle Carceri, Santuario di Rivotorto, Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and Palazzo del Capitano del Perdono
CriteriaCultural: i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Reference990
Inscription2000 (24th Session)
Area14,563.25 ha
Buffer zone4,086.7 ha

Assisi (/əˈssi/,[3] also US: /-zi, əˈsɪsi, -ɪzi/,[4][5][6] Italian: [asˈsiːzi]; from Latin: Asisium; Central Italian: Ascesi) is a town and commune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.

It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born around 50–45 BC. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Order of Friars Minor in that town in 1208, and of St. Clare of Assisi (Chiara d'Offreducci), who, with St. Francis, founded the Order of Poor Ladies, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. The 19th-century St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi.

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  2. ^ "Resident population". demo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Assisi". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Assisi". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Assisi". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Assisi". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 31 May 2019.