Castiglione Cosentino is a town and ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' in the
province of Cosenza
The province of Cosenza () is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), listed at list of ''comuni'' of the province of Cosenza.
The province of Cosenza contains ...
in the
Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
region of southern
Italy
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.
Geography
Located in the north of the suburban area of
Cosenza
Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...
, Castiglione borders with the municipalities of
Rende
Rende is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 35,000, or more than 60,000 if the university students living there are taken ...
,
Rose
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and
San Pietro in Guarano
San Pietro in Guarano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Geography
The town is bordered by Castiglione Cosentino, Celico, Lappano, Rende, Rose, Rovito and Zumpano
Zumpano was a Can ...
. It counts the hamlets (''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...
'') of Capitano, Canterame, Orbo, Parulli, Pristini, Qualata, San Biagio, Spina, Santa Lucia, Valle La Fontana, Zerti, and Volata.
Transport
The railway station
''The Railway Station'' is an 1862 genre painting by the British artist William Powell Frith.Trotter p.63 The painting is held at Royal Holloway College, with a smaller version in the Royal Collection.
Description
It depicts a scene at the busy ...
, part of the
Paola-Cosenza line, is located in
Quattromiglia
Quattromiglia, also known as ''Quattromiglia di Rende'', is an inhabited area of the municipality of Rende in the province of Cosenza, Calabria. With a population of 8,813, it is the most populated district of its municipality.
History
The origin ...
, a hamlet of
Rende
Rende is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 35,000, or more than 60,000 if the university students living there are taken ...
.
References
External links
Cities and towns in Calabria
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