Borgo Velino | |
Official Name: | Comune di Borgo Velino |
Coordinates: | 42.4°N 17°W |
Region: | Lazio |
Province: | Rieti (RI) |
Frazioni: | Collerinaldo |
Mayor: | Emanuele Berardi |
Area Total Km2: | 17.3 |
Population Total: | 1002 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2008[1] |
Population Demonym: | Borghetani |
Elevation M: | 460 |
Postal Code: | 02010 |
Area Code: | 0746 |
Borgo Velino is a Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the region of Latium, Italy. It is located about 70km (40miles) northeast of Rome and about 15km (09miles) east of the town Rieti. It has an area of 17.3km2, and as of 31 December 2010 it had a population of 1,004. Until 1927 Borgo Velino was part of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo. It is located near the site of a pre- or early-Roman Sabine village named Viario. Rare ruins of this ancient village, now occupied by a cultivated field, were found near a standing medieval tower. Borgo Velino is the birthplace of Giulio Pezzola, a notorious outlaw of the 17th century.
Borgo Velino borders the following municipalities: Antrodoco, Castel Sant'Angelo, Cittaducale, Fiamignano, Micigliano, Petrella Salto.
Borgo Velino has a station on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to Terni, Rieti and L'Aquila.