Ortelle Explained

Ortelle
Official Name:Comune di Ortelle
Shield Alt:Coat of arms
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:40.0333°N 42°W
Province: (LE)
Frazioni:Vignacastrisi
Area Total Km2:9
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2440
Population As Of:30 November 2008
Population Demonym:Ortellesi
Elevation M:110
Saint:San Giorgio
Day:23 April
Postal Code:73030
Area Code:0836
Istat:075056
Fractions:Castro, Diso, Poggiardo, Santa Cesarea Terme, Spongano
Fiscal Code:G136

Ortelle (Salentino: Sicilian: Arteḍḍhre) is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. The 19th-century pastel painter Giuseppe Casciaro was born in Ortelle.

Notes and References

  1. Population from ISTAT