San Lucido (
Calabrian: ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Cosenza
The province of Cosenza ( it, provincia di Cosenza) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 ''comuni'', listed at list of communes of the Province of Cosenza ...
in the
Calabria
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region of southern
Italy
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.
Geography
The municipality borders with
Falconara Albanese Falconara Albanese ( aae, Fallkunara) is an Arbëreshë town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy
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Marano Marchesato,
Marano Principato
Marano Principato ( Calabrian: or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy
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Paola,
Rende
Rende is a town, city and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern 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 ar ...
and
San Fili
San Fili is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Geography
The town is bordered by Marano Principato, Montalto Uffugo, Paola, Rende, San Lucido and San Vincenzo La Costa.
San Fili is 56 ...
. It counts the hamlets (''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) 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 Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...
'') of Acqua Bianca, Acqualeone, Cerasuolo, Deuda, Granoriso, Miccisi, Pollella, Puppa, San Giovanni, Santa Lucia and Varco.
Economy
San Lucido is one of the few towns in the area where the town itself is close to the sea. Most of the other towns in the area have the old town or "centro storico" 2–5 km back from the sea and a new "marina" area with new build apartments and shops closer to the sea. Whilst the tourism in the area has suffered since the 1990s, due to winter storms and damage to the beaches it is slowly building back up and as many as 6-10,000 tourists per week holidaying in San Lucido in the month of August and taking advantage of the newly constructed sea defences and beaches. Tourism relies mainly upon Italian holiday makers but there are an increasing number of British, Irish and Americans visiting and holidaying in the town.
References
Cities and towns in Calabria
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