Villapiana

Villapiana (Calabrian: ) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Key facts

Italian comune.name: Villapiana
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Villapiana
Italian comune.native_name: Greek:
Italian comune.image_skyline: Villapiana dall'alto.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Aerial view of Villapiana
Italian comune.image_shield: Villapiana-Stemma.png
Italian comune.image_map: Map of comune of Villapiana (province of Cosenza, region Calabria, Italy).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: Villapiana within the Province of Cosenza
Italian comune.province: (CS)
Italian comune.frazioni: Villapiana Lido, Villapiana Scalo
Italian comune.mayor: Vincenzo Ventimiglia
Italian comune.area_total_km2

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Villapiana (Calabrian: ) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

==History== Founded, as part of Magna Graecia, with the name of Lautermia, it was renamed Casalnuovo in the 14th century. On 4 January 1863 the town changed its toponym into the current one.