Rignano Flaminio

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Rignano Flaminio
Comune
Comune di Rignano Flaminio
Rignano Flaminio is located in Italy
Rignano Flaminio
Rignano Flaminio
Location of Rignano Flaminio in Italy
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Country Italy
Region Latium
Province / Metropolitan city Rome (RM)
Frazioni Capannacce, Case Morolo, Montelarco, Santo Sisini, Valle Spadana
Government
 • Mayor Ottavio Coletta
Area
 • Total 38.77 km2 (14.97 sq mi)
Elevation 250 m (820 ft)
Population (2007)
 • Total 8,544
 • Density 220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Rignanesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 00068
Dialing code 0761
Website Official website

Rignano Flaminio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Rome. As of 2007, it had a population of 8,544.[1] It is located across the Via Flaminia.

Rignano Flaminio borders the following municipalities: Calcata, Capena, Civitella San Paolo, Faleria, Magliano Romano, Morlupo, Sant'Oreste.

It has a station on the Roma-Viterbo railway.

History

Agricultural settlements of the Capenati and Falisci in the area are attested from the 5th/4th centuries BC. In the 6th century AD a popular pilgrimage church, entitled to St. Abondius and Abondantius, was created here; the saints' relics were moved to Rome, on the Tiber Island, in 999. In 1159 Pope Adrian IV died at Rignano.

Rignano was first a possession of Santa Maria in Trastevere, and then of the Savelli family, whom were shortly ousted by Pope Alexander VI. After the fall of the Borgia, the Savelli regained it, and hold the fief until 1607, when they sold it to the Borghese, later followed by the Muti, the Cesi and the Massimo families.

Demographic evolution

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.