Montemesola | |
Official Name: | Comune di Montemesola |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Montemesola |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 40.5667°N 37°W |
Region: | Apulia |
Province: | (TA) |
Mayor: | Vito Antonio Punzi |
Area Total Km2: | 16 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3836 |
Population As Of: | 30 November 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Montemesolini |
Elevation M: | 183 |
Saint: | Madonna of the Rosary |
Day: | 7 October |
Postal Code: | 74020 |
Area Code: | 099 |
Montemesola is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeastern Italy. Montemesola was historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population.[2]