Limbadi () is a ''
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 ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Vibo Valentia
The province of Vibo Valentia (; Vibonese: ) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992, which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the province of Catanzaro. Its capital is the ...
in the
Italian region
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 ...
, located about southwest of
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...
and about southwest of
Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,688 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
The municipality of Limbadi contains the ''
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 ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Badia di Limbadi, Caroni, Mandaradoni, Motta Filocastro, and San Nicola De Legistis.
Limbadi borders the following municipalities:
Candidoni,
Nicotera
Nicotera ( Calabrian: ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, southern Italy.
History
The origins of Nicòtera lie with the ancient Greek city of Medma, which was founded by the Locresis of Epizephyrian Lo ...
,
Rombiolo,
San Calogero,
Spilinga
Spilinga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region 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 S ...
.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Calabria
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