Sorbo San Basile | |
Official Name: | Comune di Sorbo San Basile |
Coordinates: | 39.0189°N 16.5694°W |
Province: | (CZ) |
Frazioni: | Melitello, Cutura, villaggio Lagomar |
Mayor: | Vincenzo Nania |
Area Total Km2: | 58.69 |
Population Total: | 819 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2013 |
Population Demonym: | Sorbesi |
Elevation M: | 605 |
Saint: | St Francis Xavier |
Day: | 3 December |
Postal Code: | 88050 |
Area Code: | 0961 |
Sorbo San Basile (Calabrian: Sicilian: U Sòrbu) is a village and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The word "sorbo" in Italian means "the service tree or the sorb-apple tree" of which there are many orchards in the vicinity. The words "San Basile" refer to the Greek Saint Basil the Great because Basilian monks established a monastery in the area as early as 640.
The town is bordered by Bianchi, Carlopoli, Cicala, Colosimi, Fossato Serralta, Gimigliano, Panettieri, Taverna.