Matelica

Not to be confused with Metallica.

Matelica
—  Comune  —
Comune di Matelica
Piazza Enrico Mattei by night
Matelica Location of Matelica in Italy
Coordinates: 43°15′23.71″N 13°0′34.54″E / 43.2565861°N 13.0095944°E / 43.2565861; 13.0095944Coordinates: 43°15′23.71″N 13°0′34.54″E / 43.2565861°N 13.0095944°E / 43.2565861; 13.0095944
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Province of Macerata (MC)
Frazioni	Balzani, Braccano, Castiglione, Cavalieri, Colferraio, Collepere, Colli, Grimaldi, Mistriano, Pezze, Piane, Poggeto, San Nicola, Terricoli, Valbona, Vinano
Area
- Total	81.0 km2 (31.3 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2008)
- Total	10,316
- Density	127.4/km2 (329.9/sq mi)
Demonym	Matelicesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	62024
Dialing code	0737
Website	Official website

Matelica is a comune (municipality) of the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche. Located about 60 km southwest of Ancona and 35 km west of Macerata, it extends over an area of 81.0 km²^[1] and has a population of 10,316 (as of 1 January 2008).^{[citation needed]}

The municipality of Matelica comprises the hamlets (frazioni, essentially small villages) of Balzani, Braccano, Castiglione, Cavalieri, Colferraio, Collepere, Colli, Grimaldi, Mistriano, Pezze, Piane, Poggeto, San Nicola, Terricoli, Valbona, and Vinano.

Matelica borders on the following municipalities: Apiro, Castelraimondo, Cerreto d'Esi, Esanatoglia, Fabriano, Fiuminata, Gagliole, Poggio San Vicino, San Severino Marche.

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• Whoever rides, walking or running seven laps around the fountain in Piazza Enrico Mattei, under supervision of an officer of the Pro Matelica, was awarded the "Patente da mattu"(license to be crazy). This tradition comes from the ancient law of The Ottoni family or Brass, which forced all the people who go bankrupt to do 12 laps around the fountain, screaming, "I have sold my possessions and for this none ever believe me."
• The alley "Orfanelle" in the old town is known by most as the alley Basciafemmine or baciafemmine. The City was ruled between 1300 and 1650 by the vicariate control of the Ottoni family, given the name for their Brass uniforms. The tortuous nature of the apartments in the City are not allowed in fact seen, and many date back to tenements controlled by the Brass family or Ottoni Lordship.
• The nicknames of the vicars have played an important role in the local country, identifying individuals or entire families. The Ottoni clan were the highest in rule in medieval times. They often did not know real names of the vicars, only the given nickname of his family, which meant the impossibility of being identified by others within the Vatican or back noth in Lombardy or Swiss regions. The nicknames were personal, like top Brass (Ottoni) or even a barber from the hand that stops short called brodolò, or entire families, so who is nicknamed Bajóccu, will never be a Valentinéllu or a Masció, despite the same surname.
• The four statues spurt water into the fountain in Piazza Enrico Mattei are positioned in the direction of the cardinal points and Matelica gave them affectionate nicknames:The Mermaid north,maccagnano a est, biutino a sud e the fast a west.

Governor's palace (under restoration)

View of Matelica and the Esino valley from south-west in wintertime

Typical countryside landscape nearby Grimaldi hamlet in summertime

Climate

Outside temperature (black dot) in Matelica. Vertical bars indicate average minimum and maximum temperatures; values are monthly averaged and refer to 2009-2011[3]

Total precipitations in mm of water (blue dots) in Matelica. Cyan line approximates actual data; values are monthly averaged and refer to 2009-2011[3]

Maximum (night-time, blue dots) and minimum (day-time, red dots) values of outside humidity in Matelica; lines are curve fits to the data; daily values for the period April 2009 - May 2011[3]

Wind rose nearby Matelica (ELEV: 394 m LAT: 43° 15' 37" N LONG: 13° 02' 00" E), showing the direction from where the wind blows, its frequency and intensity (in km/h); values refer to the period April 2009 - May 2011 and are averaged over an interval of 15 minutes[3]

Demographical data

Population of Matelica between 1861 and 2009 (most recent value is estimated).[4]

Population pyramid of Matelica by five-year age group (based on residing population as of 1 January 2010)[5]. Continuous thin lines represent national values.

Historical evolution of the population pyramid of Matelica (by five-year age group) based on residing population between 1982 and 2009[6][5].

References

1. ^ Demographics: Italian institute of statistics ISTAT.
2. ^ Commune-italiani.it. Retrieved June 2, 2010
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "vinimaraviglia.com". vinimaraviglia.com. http://www.vinimaraviglia.com/meteo/meteo.html. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
4. ^ "comuni-italiani.it". comuni-italiani.it. http://www.comuni-italiani.it/043/024/statistiche/popolazione.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "istat.it". istat.it. http://demo.istat.it/pop2010/index.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
6. ^ "istat.it". istat.it. http://demo.istat.it/dat81-91/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 

External links

• www.comune.matelica.mc.it/