Serravalle, San Marino Explained

Official Name:Serravalle
Flag Size:150px
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Map:San Marino
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: San Marino
Leader Title:Capitano
Leader Name:Leandro Maiani (since 2009)
Area Total Km2:10.53
Population As Of:May 2018
Settlement Type:Castello
Population Total:10,878[1]
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:43.9717°N 12.4817°W
Elevation M:148
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:47899
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfa
Parts Type:Curazie
P1:Cà Ragni, Cinque Vie, Dogana, Falciano, Lesignano, Ponte Mellini, Rovereta, Valgiurata

Serravalle is one of the nine of San Marino. It has a population of 10,878[1] inhabitants (of whom 2,000 are of foreign origin) and an area of 10.53 km2. It is the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, and contains its largest settlement (Dogana). Serravalle is located on the edge of the Apennine Mountains.

Geography

The town borders on Sammarinese municipalities of Domagnano and Borgo Maggiore and the Italian municipalities Verucchio, Rimini and Coriano. Serravalle counts a surrounding quarter named Galazzano, where the weather station and an industrial area are located.[2] Serravalle has San Marino's northernmost and lowest elevated points. The outer edge of Serravalle is about 10km (10miles) from central Rimini and the Adriatic Sea.

Serravalle recorded a temperature of 40.3C on 3 and 9 August 2017, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in San Marino.[3]

Serravalle contains eight : Cà Ragni, Cinque Vie, Dogana, Falciano, Lesignano, Ponte Mellini, Rovereta, and Valgiurata.[4] [5]

History

First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this town was called Castrum Olnani (later Olnano), the village of the elm trees. Serravalle attached to San Marino in 1463, during the last territorial expansion of the Republic.

In the Rimini earthquake on 16 August 1916, several houses in Serravalle collapsed.[6] Two houses were damaged in the earlier earthquake on 17 May 1916.[7]

Points of interest

International relations

Serravalle is twinned with:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.statistica.sm/contents/instance15/files/document/14101672tav_popolazione_.pdf
  2. Serravalle's page on www.giuntedicastello.sm
  3. Web site: Masters . Jeff . NOAA: Earth Had Its Third Warmest Year on Record in 2017 . Wunderground . 18 January 2018 . 29 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180430045703/https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/noaa-earth-had-its-third-warmest-year-record-2017 . 30 April 2018 . live .
  4. Web site: Dini . Carla . 8 August 2023 . San Marino, i Reggenti alla scoperta dei castelli . San Marino: The Regents discovering the castles . 8 February 2024 . Corriere Romagna . it-IT.
  5. Web site: 10 October 2014 . Serravalle . 8 February 2024 . San Marino Site . it-IT.
  6. Web site: 19 August 1916 . Il terremoto di Romagna e delle Marche . The earthquake of Romagna and the Marche . 11 January 2024 . . 2 . it-IT . Bologna.
  7. News: 19 May 1916 . I principali edifizi lesionati . The main buildings damaged . 16 January 2024 . . it-IT.
  8. Web site: Chiusi della Verna e Serravalle: si festeggia il gemellaggio!. it. 2024-01-14.
  9. Web site: San Marino. Gemellaggio tra Castello di Serravalle e Huangshan, giovedì scorso i festeggiamenti . 2 December 2019 . it. 2024-01-14.
  10. Web site: Serravalle si gemellerà con l'isola di Zante. 28 September 2014 . it. 2024-01-14.
  11. Web site: Gemellaggio Serravalle - Sulmona. it. 2024-01-14. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030907/http://www.eventioggi.net/evento-gemellaggio-serravalle-sulmona-sulmona-2581632. bot: unknown.
  12. Web site: Serravalle e Tolentino firmano il gemellaggio in ottica sinergica. 5 October 2020 . it. 2024-01-14.