Monte San Martino Explained

Monte San Martino
Official Name:Comune di Monte San Martino
Coordinates:43.0333°N 39°W
Region:Marche
Province:Macerata (MC)
Mayor:Matteo Pompei
Area Total Km2:18.5
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:808
Population As Of:31 December 2008
Elevation M:603
Postal Code:62020
Area Code:0733

Monte San Martino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 70km (40miles) south of Ancona and about 30km (20miles) south of Macerata.There are 808 people in the village.

The economy is mostly based on agriculture.

The city houses artworks by Vittore and Carlo Crivelli, Girolamo di Giovanni da Camerino and Vincenzo Pagani.

The Monte San Martino Trust was founded in 1989 by J. Keith Killby, a former prisoner of war at Servigliano nearby, together with other veterans of the Second World War. The Trust awards English-language study bursaries to Italians, aged 18 to 25, in recognition of the courage and sacrifice of the Italian country people who rescued thousands of escaping Allied PoWs after the Armistice in 1943.[2]

Sport

In Monte San Martino there is a football team (ASD Monte San Martino) that plays in the last category of Italian football.There is also an amateur futsal team: ASD Athletic Molino.

Schools

There are three schools in the village: a kindergarten, a primary school and a secondary school, in these schools in all there are just over a hundred students.

References

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Web site: Home . msmtrust.org.uk.