Serravalle di Chienti | |
Official Name: | Comune di Serravalle di Chienti |
Coordinates: | 43.0667°N 69°W |
Region: | Marche |
Province: | Macerata (MC) |
Frazioni: | Acquapagana, Bavareto, Castello, Cesi, Civitella, Collecurti, Copogna, Corgneto, Costa, Dignano, Forcella, Gelagna (alta), Gelagna bassa, San Martino, Taverne |
Mayor: | Gabriele Accadia |
Area Total Km2: | 95.99 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1044 |
Population As Of: | 28 February 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Serravallesi |
Elevation M: | 667 |
Saint: | St. Lucy |
Day: | December 13 |
Postal Code: | 62038 |
Area Code: | 0737 |
Serravalle di Chienti is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 80km (50miles) southwest of Ancona and about 50km (30miles) southwest of Macerata. It is crossed by the Chienti river. The communal territory is largely mountainous with numerous woods and pastures.
Serravalle di Chienti borders the following municipalities: Camerino, Fiuminata, Foligno, Monte Cavallo, Muccia, Nocera Umbra, Pieve Torina, Sefro, Visso.
Settled since pre-historic times, in antique times the Serravalle plateau featured a lake known as Plestinam Paludem. The area was subsequently ruled by the Etruscans and the Romans.
In the Middle Ages it was a fortress of the Da Varano family of Camerino.