Cerchio
Cerchio | |
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| Comune di Cerchio | |
 Church of Madonna delle Grazie. | |
Location of Cerchio  | |
  Cerchio Location of Cerchio in Italy  Cerchio Cerchio (Abruzzo) | |
| Coordinates:42°3′43″N13°36′9″E/ 42.06194°N 13.60250°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Province | L'Aquila(AQ) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gianfranco Tedeschi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.12 km2(7.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 834 m (2,736 ft) |
| Population (31 July 2015)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,634 |
| • Density | 81/km2(210/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cerchiesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postal code | 67044 |
| Dialing code | 0863 |
| Saint day | 29 June |
| Website | Official website |
Cerchio(Abruzzese:Circhië) is acomuneandtownin theprovince of L'Aquilain theAbruzzoregion of southernItaly.
Geography
[edit]The village is situated on the lower slopes of Mt. Sirente, overlooking the Fucino plain. Present population is 1645 (2013). Patron saints of the town are S. Giovanni and S. Paolo (John and Paul).
History
[edit]Local legend says that the town arose from a small group of houses constructed around a theater (circo) set up by the Romans to celebrate the inauguration of Emperor Claudius, who drained the ancientFucine lake.The Church of S. Bartolomeo is mentioned in apapal bullof 1300. During the medieval period the village was held by the Colonna and Piccolomini families of Rome, who granted it to Camilla Peretti in 1591, along with the County of Celano and the Barony of Pescina. Over the centuries the Fucino plain was resubmerged, until it was drained in the mid-nineteenth century byAlessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince di Civitella-Cesi.Families from Cerchio then farmed the rich soils of the lake bed, working as tenant farmers, sharecroppers and day-laborers under the Torlonia Administration. The town was badly damaged bythe earthquake of 1915.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Cerchio, elevation 834 m (2,736 ft), (1951–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
10.8 (51.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
5.3 (41.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 47.1 (1.85) |
57.1 (2.25) |
47.9 (1.89) |
57.5 (2.26) |
43.3 (1.70) |
39.7 (1.56) |
26.7 (1.05) |
27.9 (1.10) |
51.1 (2.01) |
66.3 (2.61) |
95.8 (3.77) |
81.6 (3.21) |
642 (25.26) |
| Average precipitation days | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 86.5 |
| Source: Regione Abruzzo[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
- ^All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical instituteIstat.
- ^"VALORI MEDI CLIMATICI DAL 1951 AL 2000 NELLA REGIONE ABRUZZO"(PDF).Regione Abruzzo. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 30 June 2024.Retrieved30 June2024.
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