Motta Santa Lucia | |
Official Name: | Comune di Motta Santa Lucia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 39.1°N 34°W |
Province: | Catanzaro (CZ) |
Frazioni: | Casale, Marignano, Porchia, Salice |
Mayor: | Ivano Egeo |
Area Total Km2: | 26.3 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 875 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2013 |
Population Demonym: | Mottesi |
Elevation M: | 590 |
Istat: | 079083 |
Saint: | St. Lucy |
Day: | December 13th |
Postal Code: | 88040 |
Area Code: | 0968 |
Motta Santa Lucia is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, southern Italy with 792 residents.[2]
Motta Santa Lucia stands at the top of a hill 590 meters above sea level, geographically located in the lower Savuto valley, on the slopes of Sila Piccola, on the border with the province of Cosenza. The altimetric profile of the municipal territory is between 169 and 1351 meters above sea level.
The surface area of Motta Santa Lucia is 26.3 km2.
In Motta Santa Lucia, for the most part, summers are short, hot, dry and clear and winters are long, cold and rainy.
The town is bordered by Conflenti, Martirano, Decollatura, Pedivigliano (CS), Altilia (CS).