Monteleone di Spoleto
Monteleone di Spoleto | |
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| Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto | |
View of Monteleone di Spoleto | |
Location of Monteleone di Spoleto | |
| Coordinates: 42°39′5″N 12°57′6″E / 42.65139°N 12.95167°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Umbria |
| Province | Perugia (PG) |
| Frazioni | Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, Trivio |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marisa Angelini |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.58 km2 (23.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 978 m (3,209 ft) |
| Population (28 February 2010) | |
• Total | 648 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Monteleonesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 06045 |
| Dialing code | 0743 |
| Patron saint | St. Nicholas |
| Saint day | 6 December |
| Website | Official website |
Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of Brufa), is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria at 978 meters (3,209 ft) above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River. It is one of the more remote towns in Umbria, on a mountain road from Norcia and Cascia (33 km and 12 km NNE respectively) to Leonessa and Rieti in the Lazio (10 km S and 51 km SSW). It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
The population of the comune was 648 in 2010, with the town proper accounting for about half of that; the frazioni of Monteleone are Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, and Trivio.