Cerenzia

Cerenzia
Comune di Cerenzia
Location of Cerenzia
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Cerenzia is located in Italy
Cerenzia
Cerenzia
Location of Cerenzia in Italy
Cerenzia is located in Calabria
Cerenzia
Cerenzia
Cerenzia (Calabria)
Coordinates: 39°14′40″N 16°47′00″E / 39.24444°N 16.78333°E / 39.24444; 16.78333
CountryItaly
RegionCalabria
ProvinceCrotone (KR)
FrazioniZinga
Area
 • Total39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (December 31, 2004)[2]
 • Total1,273
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
DemonymCerentisi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
88822
Dialing code0984
Patron saintSan Teodoro d'Amasea
Saint dayNovember 9

Cerenzia is a town, comune (municipality), former bishopric and Latin titular see with a population of 1000 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria region, southernmost peninsular Italy.

The modern town is besides the Ancient settlement Acerenthia, now a rural site known as Cerenzia vecchia ('old C.'), which includes the ruins of the cathedral dedicated to Saint Theodorus of Amasea, all abandoned to peasantry by the second half of the Ottocento (19th century).

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved March 16, 2019.