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Mottola
Mòtele (Neapolitan) | |
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| Comune di Mottola | |
 Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Mottola | |
| Nickname: Spia dello Ionio | |
Location of Mottola  | |
  Mottola Location of Mottola in Italy  Mottola Mottola (Apulia) | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′N 17°02′E / 40.633°N 17.033°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Province | Taranto |
| Founded | 1300 BC[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giovanni Piero Barulli |
| Area | |
• Total | 213.96 km2 (82.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 387 m (1,270 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2017)[3] | |
• Total | 15,842 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Mottolesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 74017 |
| Dialing code | 099 |
| Patron saint | San Tommaso Becket |
| Website | Official website |
Mottola (Mottolese: Mòtele, IPA: [ˈmɔːtələ]) is a town and comune in the province of Taranto and region of Apulia in southeast Italy.
It stands on a hill 387 metres (1,270 ft) above mean sea level[4] in the sub-region of Murgia. It is also called "The Ionian Spy" for its strategic geographical position. From various points of the town all of the Gulf of Taranto can be seen. The economy is based mostly on agriculture and food production (olives, wine, citrus fruits, vegetables). Tourism and the manufacture of wooden fixtures are also being developed.[5]
- ^ "History of Mottola".
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Comune di Mottola Official Site".
- ^ Lentini, Pasquale (1978). "Cenni Economici". Storia della città di Mottola [History of the city of Mottola] (in Italian). Mottola: Soci Editori Mottola. pp. 15–18.