Nemi

Nemi
Comune di Nemi
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Nemi is located in Italy
Nemi
Nemi
Location of Nemi in Italy
Nemi is located in Lazio
Nemi
Nemi
Nemi (Lazio)
Coordinates: 41°43′N 12°43′E / 41.717°N 12.717°E / 41.717; 12.717
CountryItaly
RegionLazio
Metropolitan cityRome (RM)
Government
 • MayorAlberto Bertucci
Area
 • Total
7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
521 m (1,709 ft)
Population
 (31 May 2015)[2]
 • Total
1,918
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
DemonymNemorensi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
00040
Dialing code06
Patron saintSts. Philip and James
Saint dayMay 3
Websitecomunedinemi.rm.gov.it

Nemi is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome (central Italy), in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Velletri and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Rome.

The town's name derives from the Latin nemus, or "holy wood". In antiquity the area had no town, but the grove was the site of one of the most famous of Roman cults and temples: the Temple of Diana Nemorensis.

In 1514 Marcantonio I Colonna gave to Nemi the "Statuti e Capituli del Castello di Nemi".

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