Montesilvano
Montesilvano | |
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| Città di Montesilvano | |
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Location of Montesilvano  | |
  Montesilvano Location of Montesilvano in Italy  Montesilvano Montesilvano (Abruzzo) | |
| Coordinates: 42°30′51″N 14°8′58″E / 42.51417°N 14.14944°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Province | Pescara (PE) |
| Frazioni | Colonnetta, Case di Pietro, Fossonono, Mazzocco, Montesilvano Colle, Montesilvano Spiaggia, Santa Venere, Trave, Villa Verlengia, Villa Canonico, Villa Carmine, Villa Verrocchio |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ottavio De Martinis (Lega[1]) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.57 km2 (9.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 53,275 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Montesilvanesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 65015 - 65016 |
| Dialing code | 085 |
| ISTAT code | 068024 |
| Patron saint | Sant'Antonio di Padova |
| Website | Official website |
Montesilvano (Italian pronunciation: [ˌmontesilˈvaːno]) is a city and comune of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Abruzzo is often called Mare-Monti (Sea-Mountain) region. The name Montesilvano is apparently derived from the Latin which means "woody hill" ("woods" – silva).
Geography
[edit]Montesilvano is located on the Adriatic Sea immediately north of Pescara, to which it is physically connected. It is divided into Montesilvano Marina and Montesilvano Colle. The first is a seaside resort; the second is the original medieval comune and citadel. Montesilvano is a two-hour drive from Rome and is close to Abruzzo Airport and Pescara Centrale railway station. The mouth of the Saline river is directly north of the town.
Demographics
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Administration
[edit]The 2019 Italian local elections saw Ottavio De Martinis, standing for Lega, elected as the Mayor of Montesilvano.[1][5]
On 25 May 2014, the city residents, alongside residents of neighboring cities of Pescara and Spoltore voted in a referendum on merging into a single city. Montesilvano voters approved the merger with 52.23% of the votes.[6] The regional law approving the merger was passed on 8 August 2018, with a target date of 1 January 2022. It was later pushed back to 2023[7], and then again to 2027.[8]
Twin towns — sister cities
[edit]Montesilvano is twinned with:
Notable people
[edit]- Giò Di Tonno, singer
- Dean Martin, singer and movie star whose father was from Montesilvano
- Franco Marini, politician, Montesilvano senator and president of the Italian Senate
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Amministrazione comunale Montesilvano". Tuttitalia.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ citypopulation.de. "Abruzzo Region".
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Elezioni Comunali 2014 - Comune di Montesilvano Liste e risultati". Repubblica.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Referendum 'Nuova Pescara',64% dicono sì - Notizie - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ Centro, Il. "Nuova Pescara nascerà a gennaio 2023". il Centro. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ Centro, Il. "Nuova Pescara, approvata la legge per la fusione al 2027. Il nome? Solo Pescara". il Centro. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ "Побратимски градови". gradgradiska.com (in Serbian). Gradiška. 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Gli Ultimi Sovietici, IlTascabile.com". July 2018.
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