Roccaforzata | |
Official Name: | Comune di Roccaforzata |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 40.4333°N 41°W |
Region: | Apulia |
Province: | Taranto (TA) |
Frazioni: | Chianche, Paretone |
Mayor: | Vincenzo Pastore |
Area Total Km2: | 6.15 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1819 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Rocchesi |
Elevation M: | 145 |
Saint: | Madonna della Camera, S.Elia |
Day: | Thursday after Easter, 20 July |
Postal Code: | 74020 |
Area Code: | 099 |
Roccaforzata is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeastern Italy. Roccaforzata was historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population.[2]