Monteleone di Spoleto | |
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Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto | |
Coordinates: 42°39′5″N 12°57′6″E / 42.65139°N 12.95167°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Umbria |
Province | Perugia (PG) |
Frazioni | Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, Trivio |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marisa Angelini |
Area | |
• Total | 61.58 km2 (23.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 978 m (3,209 ft) |
Population (28 February 2010)[2] | |
• Total | 648 |
• Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Demonym | Monteleonesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 06045 |
Dialing code | 0743 |
Patron saint | St. Nicholas |
Saint day | 6 December |
Website | Official website |
Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of Brufa), is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria at 978 meters (3,209 ft) above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River. It is one of the more remote towns in Umbria, on a mountain road from Norcia and Cascia (33 km and 12 km NNE respectively) to Leonessa and Rieti in the Lazio (10 km S and 51 km SSW). It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]
The population of the comune was 648 in 2010, with the town proper accounting for about half of that; the frazioni of Monteleone are Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, and Trivio.