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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Calabria
- Metropolitan city
- Reggio Calabria (RC)
- Frazioni
- Mancino, Spanò Bosco Catalano, Canne, Cutunizza, Ferraro, Serulline.
- Mayor
- Vittorio Zito
- Total
- 37 km (14 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 16 m (52 ft)
- Density
- 180/km (470/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Roccellesi ( Ruccejoti in the local dialect)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0964
- Patron saint
- Saint Victor
- Saint day
- 21 July
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Roccella Ionica
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
- Population
- 6139
- Area
- 37.82
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Gioiosa Ionica
- Official website
- www.comune.roccella.rc.it
- Image
- PanoramaRoccella.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0964
- Licence plate code
- RC
- Patron saint
- Victor of Marseilles
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- twinned administrative body
- Arco
- Commons category
- Roccella Ionica
- postal code
- 89047
- native label
- Roccella Ionica
- P11012
- Colleen Hanabusa
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Encyclopedic overview
Roccella Ionica ( Italian pronunciation: [rotˈtʃɛlla ˈjɔːnika]; also known as Roccella Jonica or simply as Roccella (Roccellese: Rucceja) is a town and comune located on the Ionian Sea in Calabria, southern Italy.
Possibly built on the site of the ancient Greek settlement of Amphissa, Roccella is probably best known for hosting a major annual jazz festival. It is a town on the sea and has many tourists in summer for beach vacations.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roccella Ionica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.