Briga Superiore Explained

Briga Superiore
Coordinates:38.0833°N 43°W
Region:Sicily
Comune:Messina
Elevation M:50
Population Total:215
Population As Of:2001
Saint:Saint George
Gentilic:Brigoti
Telephone:090

Briga Superiore is a Italian: [[frazione]] of the Italian: [[comune]] of Messina in the Province of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It stands at an elevation of 50 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat census of 2001 it had 215 inhabitants.

The frazione suffered heavily in the mudslides which devastated the area in 2009.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Le località più colpite . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322004111/http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/_inc/infobox.asp?indirizzo=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lastampa.it%2Fredazione%2Fcmssezioni%2Finfografica%2F200910images%2Fmessina.jpg . dead . 2012-03-22 . 2009-10-04 . 2009-10-04 . . Italian .