Montepaone (
Calabrian: ) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' of the
province of Catanzaro
The province of Catanzaro ( it, provincia di Catanzaro; Catanzarese: ) is a province of the Calabria region of Italy. The city Catanzaro is both capital of the province and capital of the region of Calabria. The province contains a total of 80 ...
in the
Calabria
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region of southern
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 ...
.
Geography
Montepaone sits on the Italian Ionian sea in the Gulf of Squillace.
Soverato
Soverato ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Southern Italy.
Soverato is the wealthiest town per capita in Calabria, and it has recently been experiencing a spike in tourism since 2015. R ...
,
Gasperina
Gasperina is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the ...
,
Montauro
Montauro ( Calabrian: ) is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.
The municipalities of Gasperina, Montepaone, Palermiti
Palermiti () is a village and ''comune'' of the province of Catanzaro in the Cala ...
are nearby towns.
Economy
Montepaone is highly reliant on seasonal tourism both from
Italian-Americans
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, w ...
visiting family in the region and from Northern Italians. The work force in the town is around 19% of the total population.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Calabria
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