Mongrassano
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Mongrassano is town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Postal Code: 87040 (C.A.P. 87040)
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[edit] Language and Dialect
Officially the inhabitants speak Italian. Traditionally, the dialect is of Albanian origin (Arbëresh).
[edit] Geography:
located 42 kilometers northwest of Cosenza, the provence capital.
Square Kilometers: 34.7
Altitude above Sea Level: 540 m
Agrarian region: n. 12 - Medio Crati Occidentale
The town is part of the Comunità Montana Media Valle Crate
[edit] Demographics
Population(male): 829
Population(female): 890
Total Population: 1719
Number of families: 654
Median household size: 2.7
The municipality of Mongrassano had a population of 1.901 inhabitants accordingly to the results of the 1991 national census. After the national 2001 census the population shrank to 1.764 inhabitants, thus showing during the years 1991 - 2001 a percentual variation of -7,21% inhabitants.
[edit] History
Mongrassano already existed in the XII century as a hamlet of San Marco named Mons Crasanus, Mocrasani, Montegrassano or Magrosani. It was originally divided in two hamlets: Serra di Leo and Mongrassano. Like many other Albanian-origin settlements the urban structure was based on the gijtonia, in other words, circular streets. In either 1459 or early in the 1500s, another group of Albanian political refugees came and settled in Mongrassano.
On the 20th of July, 1459 the Prince of Bisignano gave the civil jurisdiction of the city to the Bishop of San Marco. In 1642 the Gaetani acquired the territory; in 1688 the Gaetani resold the property to the Marqee of Fuscaldo who held onto the property until the end of the feudal system in 1806. In 1807 Mongrassano became state owned. In 1811 it joined with Serra di Leo. In 1816 it was elevated to the level of a comune, with Serra di Leo as its fraction.
The patron saint of Mongrassano is Saint Catherine of Siena, but the most important festival in the town is Saint Lucia that occurs during the month of August. Don Domenico and don Francesco Sarri, two prominent citizens, participated in the Italian Risorgimento.
The people call themselves Mongrassanesi.
[edit] External links
all of the information provided above can be found through the following links
- http://mongrassano.asmenet.it/
- http://www.arbitalia.it/index.htm
- http://www.comuni-italiani.it/078/080/
- http://calabria.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/cs/mongrassano/mongrassano.html
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