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Lamezia Terme
Comune
Città di Lamezia Terme
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Coat of arms of Lamezia Terme
Coat of arms
Lamezia Terme is located in Italy
Lamezia Terme
Lamezia Terme
Location of Lamezia Terme in Italy
Coordinates: 38°58′N 16°18′E / 38.967°N 16.300°E / 38.967; 16.300
Country Italy
Region Calabria
Province Catanzaro (CZ)
Frazioni Acquadauzano, Acquafredda, Annunziata, Bucolia, Cantarelle, Caronte, Crozzano, Fronti, Gabella, Miglierina, Mitoio, Piano Luppino, San Minà, San Pietro Lametino, Sant'Eufemia Vetere, Santa Maria, Serra, Serra Castagna, Telara, Vallericciardo, Vonio, Zangarona
Government
 • Mayor Paolo Mascaro (since (16 June 2015)
Area
 • Total 162.43 km2 (62.71 sq mi)
Elevation 216 m (709 ft)
Population (31-03-2016)
 • Total 70,699
 • Density 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s) lametini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 88046
Dialing code 0968
Patron saint St. Peters and Paul
Saint day 29 June
Website Official website

Lamezia Terme [laˈmetsja ˈtɛrme], commonly called Lamezia, is an Italian city and comune of 70,452 inhabitants (2013) in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region.

Lamezia is located on the eastern border of the coastal plain commonly called Piana di Sant'Eufemia, which was created by drying a wide marshy area.

The municipality borders with Conflenti, Curinga, Falerna, Feroleto Antico, Gizzeria, Maida, Martirano Lombardo, Nocera Terinese, Platania, San Pietro a Maida and Serrastretta.

The municipality of Lamezia Terme was formally created on 4 January 1968. Its territory includes those of the former municipalities of Nicastro, Sambiase and Sant'Eufemia Lamezia.

Nicastro's origins trace back to the 9th century, when Calabria was part of the Byzantine Empire, when a fortress called Neo Castrum ("New Castle") was created. A great Benedictine abbey, St. Eufemia, was founded here in 1062 by the Norman count Robert Guiscard. It was for a long time a fief of the Caracciolo family and, later, to the D'Aquino. The city was nearly destroyed after an earthquake in 1638 (more than 100 inhabitants died), and the abbey was turned into ruin. The castle, built by the Normans and enlarged by Emperor Frederick II and the Angevine kings, crumbled down. Floods and a further earthquake followed in the 18th century.


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