- Roseto Valfortore
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Roseto Valfortore
img_coa = Roseto Valfortore-Stemma.png
img_coa_small =
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region = RegioneIT|sigla=PUG
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=FG (FG)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 650
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 49.71
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 31/12/2003
population_total = 1311
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 26,4
coordinates = coord|41|22|0|N|15|6|0|E|region:IT_type:city(1311)
gentilic = Rosetani
telephone = 0881
postalcode = 71039
frazioni =
saint =
day =
mapx = #expr:41 + 22 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:15 + 6 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Roseto Valfortore
name = Roseto Valfortore
website =Roseto Valfortore is a town and "
comune " of theprovince of Foggia in theApulia region of southeastItaly .Geography
The area surrounding Roseto is mountainous with the river
Fortore running through the town. Hence the name Valfortore (valley of the Fortore).History
There have been numerous waves of migrations from the town of Roseto Valfortore over the past century. One of the first waves of immigrants to settle in the United States of America was in the early 1880s.Fact|date=March 2008 They settled in the
Lehigh Valley ofPennsylvania Fact|date=March 2008 and created the settlement of Roseto, that was eventually incorporated in 1912.Fact|date=March 2008 Throughout the 1950s and 1960s more than 3,000 Rosetani migrated toToronto, Ontario and surrounding area.Fact|date=March 2008Notes and references
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