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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Calabria
- Province
- Cosenza (CS)
- Frazioni
- Annunziata, Vadi, Marina di Belmonte, Santa Barbara, Salice, Spineto
- Mayor
- Francesco Bruno
- Total
- 23.98 km (9.26 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 262 m (860 ft)
- Density
- 82.82/km (214.5/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Belmontesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0982
- Patron saint
- Assumption of Mary
- Saint day
- 15 August
- Website
- Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Belmonte Calabro, known simply as Belmonte (Calabrian: Bellimunti) prior to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria (Southern Italy). The town is perched on a hilltop on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belmonte Calabro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.