San Vito Chietino

San Vito Chietino
San Vito Chietino
Comune
	Comune di San Vito Chietino
	Panorama of San Vito Chietino in 2007
	Coat of arms
	Location of San Vito Chietino
	San Vito Chietino Location of San Vito Chietino in Italy San Vito Chietino San Vito Chietino (Abruzzo)
	Coordinates: 42°18′N 14°27′E / 42.300°N 14.450°E
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	Chieti (CH)
Frazioni	Anticaglia, Balsamate, Bufara, Castellana, Cese, Cintioni, Colle Capuano, Foresta, Mancini, Melogranato, Murata Alta, Murata Bassa, Paolini, Passo Tucci, Pontoni, Portelle, Quercia del Corvo, Rapanice, Renazzo, San Fino, San Rocco Vecchio, Sant'Apollinare, Sciutico, Strutte, Valle Ienno, Vicende
Government
• Mayor	Rocco Catenaro
Area
• Total	16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	122 m (400 ft)
Population (31 December 2009)
• Total	5,326
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Demonym	Sanvitesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	66038
Dialing code	0872
Patron saint	St. Vitus
Saint day	15 June
Website	Official website

San Vito Chietino is a town and comune in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.

Geography

The town is bordered by Frisa, Lanciano, Ortona, Rocca San Giovanni, Treglio and Fossacesia.

Economy

The town is known for its trabocchi, large wooden platforms that were traditionally used for fishing on the southern coast of Abruzzo. Tourism has grown in recent decades.

Notable residents

Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, lived in the town in 1900.
Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), the composer of "Musica Proibita", spent his early childhood in San Vito Chietino.^[4]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Data from Istat.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ *Sbrocchi, Vito (April 18, 2003). "Il compositore Gastaldon, celebre alla fine dell'Ottocento, trascorse l'infanzia a San Vito" Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Il Tempo (in Italian)

External links

Official website

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[2] Data from Istat.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-3] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[4] *Sbrocchi, Vito (April 18, 2003). "Il compositore Gastaldon, celebre alla fine dell'Ottocento, trascorse l'infanzia a San Vito" Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Il Tempo (in Italian)

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