Poggio Mirteto | |
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| Comune di Poggio Mirteto | |
.jpg) View of Poggio Mirteto | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Poggio Mirteto  | |
  Poggio Mirteto Location of Poggio Mirteto in Italy  Poggio Mirteto Poggio Mirteto (Lazio) | |
| Coordinates: 42°16′N 12°41′E / 42.267°N 12.683°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Rieti (RI) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giancarlo Micarelli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.4 km2 (10.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 246 m (807 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,359 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Poggiani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 02047 |
| Dialing code | 0765 |
| Patron saint | Saint Cajetan |
| Saint day | 7 August |
| Website | Official website |
Poggio Mirteto is a comune (municipality) is situated in the Tiber Valley area of the region of Latium, Italy. Administratively Poggio Mirteto is in the province of Rieti (formerly part of the province of Perugia) and geographically this municipality is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Rome and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Rieti.
According to Giuseppe Marocco's 1833 book [3] the name Poggio Mirteto means the "knoll with plenty of Myrtus plants" because in its territory there would be plenty of Myrtus plants (called mirto in Italian, which is where the adjective mirteto comes from) and the old town was built on a knoll which in Italian is translated with the toponym Poggio.
Poggio Mirteto's cathedral, formerly seat of its own bishops, became the episcopal see of the Bishop of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Monumenti dello Stato Pontificio e relazione topografica di ogni paese - Sabina e sue memorie (in Italian)