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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Calabria
- Province
- Catanzaro (CZ)
- Frazioni
- Vena di Maida
- Mayor
- Salvatore Paone
- Total
- 58.2 km (22.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 299 m (981 ft)
- Density
- 77.9/km (202/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Maidesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0968
- Patron saint
- St. Francis of Paola
- Saint day
- 2 April
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Maida is an Italian town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The British routed the French in the Battle of Maida in 1806, as part of the War of the Third Coalition.
Maida is 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Lamezia Terme and 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of the provincial capital Catanzaro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.