Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Lazio
- Province
- Rieti (RI)
- Mayor
- Giancarlo Micarelli
- Total
- 26.4 km (10.2 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 246 m (807 ft)
- Density
- 241/km (624/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Poggiani
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 02047
- Dialing code
- 0765
- Patron saint
- Saint Cajetan
Article
Poggio Mirteto is a comune (municipality) is situated in the Tiber Valley area of the region of Latium, Italy. Administratively Poggio Mirteto is in the province of Rieti (formerly part of the province of Perugia) and geographically this municipality is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Rome and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Rieti.
According to Giuseppe Marocco's 1833 book the name Poggio Mirteto means the "knoll with plenty of Myrtus plants" because in its territory there would be plenty of Myrtus plants (called mirto in Italian, which is where the adjective mirteto comes from) and the old town was built on a knoll which in Italian is translated with the toponym Poggio.