Montepaone | |
Official Name: | Comune di Montepaone |
Coordinates: | 38.7236°N 16.4958°W |
Region: | Calabria |
Province: | Catanzaro (CZ) |
Frazioni: | Frabotto Mannesì, Montepaone Lido, Paparo, Sant'Angelo, Timponello |
Mayor: | Mario Migliarese |
Area Total Km2: | 16.9 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Population Total: | 5142 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2013 |
Population Demonym: | Montepaonesi |
Elevation M: | 361 |
Saint: | S. Felix Martyr (Montepaone centro), S. John the Baptist (Montepaone Lido) |
Postal Code: | 88060 |
Area Code: | 0967 |
Montepaone (Calabrian: Sicilian: Muntipaùna) is a town and comune of the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Montepaone sits on the Italian Ionian sea in the Gulf of Squillace. Soverato, Gasperina, Montauro are nearby towns.
Montepaone is highly reliant on seasonal tourism both from Italian-Americans visiting family in the region and from Northern Italians. The work force in the town is around 19% of the total population.