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(Redirected from Choriò, Calabria) Comune in Calabria, Italy
Roghudi Rigùdi / Ροχούδι (Greek)
Comune
Comune di Roghudi
View of Roghudi VecchioView of Roghudi Vecchio
Location of Roghudi
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Coordinates: 37°55′N 15°46′E / 37.917°N 15.767°E / 37.917; 15.767
CountryItaly
RegionCalabria
Metropolitan cityReggio Calabria (RC)
FrazioniChorio, Rughudi Nuovo, Rughudi Vecchio
Government
 • MayorAgostino Zavettieri
Area
 • Total36.5 km (14.1 sq mi)
Elevation55 m (180 ft)
Population
 • Total1,137
 • Density31/km (81/sq mi)
DemonymRoghudisi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code89060
Dialing code0965
Patron saintMadonna delle Grazie
Saint day2 July
WebsiteOfficial website

Roghudi (Calabrian Greek: Ροχούδι, romanized: Richùdi, or Rigùdi) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Reggio Calabria.

It consists of two main centers separated by some 40 kilometres (25 mi), the first (Roghudi Nuovo, meaning "new Roghudi" and housing the communal seat) is an enclave in the communal territory of Melito di Porto Salvo, near the Ionian Sea coast; the second, Roghudi Vecchio, is located in the mainland at the foot of the Aspromonte. Roghudi Nuovo was founded in 1973 after two consecutive floods had made Roghudi Vecchio uninhabitable.

Entrance of Roghudi Vecchio

Roghudi is one of the places where the Greek–Calabrian dialect is still spoken, this being a remnant of the ancient Greek colonisation of Magna Graecia in Southern Italy and Sicily.

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)

External links


Calabria · Comuni of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria


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