Marcellinara
Marcellinara | |
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| Comune di Marcellinara | |
Location of Marcellinara | |
| Coordinates: 38°56′N 16°30′E / 38.933°N 16.500°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Catanzaro (CZ) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vittorio Scerbo |
| Area | |
• Total | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2015) | |
• Total | 2,085 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Marcellinaresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 88044 |
| Dialing code | 0961 |
| Patron saint | San Francesco da Paola |
| Saint day | 2 April |
| Website | Official website |
Marcellinara (Calabrian: Marcinàri) is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is a small village located in the middle of the narrowest strip (isthmus) of Italy and one of the narrowest of Europe as well, between the Ionian (East) and the Tyhrennian (West) seas; the distance between them is only 40 km.
It is located close to both the regional capital of Catanzaro and the international airport of Lamezia Terme.