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Spigno Saturnia

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Spigno Saturnia
Comune di Spigno Saturnia
Coat of arms of Spigno Saturnia
Location of Spigno Saturnia
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Spigno Saturnia is located in Italy
Spigno Saturnia
Spigno Saturnia
Location of Spigno Saturnia in Italy
Spigno Saturnia is located in Lazio
Spigno Saturnia
Spigno Saturnia
Spigno Saturnia (Lazio)
Coordinates: 41°18′N 13°44′E / 41.300°N 13.733°E / 41.300; 13.733
CountryItaly
RegionLazio
ProvinceLatina (LT)
FrazioniCampodivivo, Santo Stefano, Piscinola, Capodacqua
Government
 • MayorSalvatore Vento (Civic list)
Area
 • Total38 km2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation
51 m (167 ft)
Population
 (31 March 2015[2])[3]
 • Total2,963
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
DemonymSpignesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
04020
Dialing code0771
WebsiteOfficial website

Spigno Saturnia is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy.

Medieval Spinium, which had its own counts in the Norman period, corresponds to the frazione of Spigno Vecchio.[4]

Origin of name

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The toponym "Spigno" derives from the spread over the territory of two thorny plants, the hawthorn and the wild plum, and from the fact that the latter was used with its thorns by the Spigno inhabitants to make fences.

References

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  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
  3. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ Bloch, Herbert (1986). Monte Cassino in the Middle Ages. Volume I (Parts I–III). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 398–99.