Castelnuovo is a of the of
Assisi
Assisi (, also , ; from la, Asisium) is a town and ''comune'' of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born aroun ...
in the
Province of Perugia
The Province of Perugia ( it, Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered al ...
,
Umbria
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, central
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
Castelnuovo is situated about 9 km from Assisi and is located in the southwest of
Santa Maria degli Angeli. Is surrounded also with the territories of other 2 fractions Assisi:
Tordandrea
Tordandrea is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Assisi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in ...
to the west, and
Rivotorto
Rivotorto is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Assisi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 211 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat census of 2001 it had 1284 inhabitants. The name comes fro ...
to the east. To the south is bordered by the of
Cannara
Cannara is a town and comune on the Topino River in the floodplain of central Umbria, in the province of Perugia. It is located about 7 km west of Spello and 9 km north of Bevagna.
It is a low-key agricultural village: its main business ...
.
It stands at an elevation of 195 metres above sea level. At the time of the
Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
census of 2001 it had 754 inhabitants.
The most important watercourse is the river
Ose, which basically it specify the frontier between Castelnuovo and Cannara.
References
Castles in Italy
Frazioni of Assisi
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