Bagnara Calabra

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Bagnara Calabra
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area_total_km2 = 24
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population_as_of = October 2006
population_total = 10914
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population_density_km2 = 454,7
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gentilic = Bagnaresi
telephone = 0966
postalcode = 89011
frazioni = Ceramida, Solano, Pellegrina
saint = San Nicola
day = 6 December
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native_name = Bagnara Calabra
name = Bagnara Calabra
website = http://www.comunebagnara.it/

Bagnara Calabra (or simply Bagnara, _gr. Keramida) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 100 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km northeast of Reggio Calabria.

The municipality of Bagnara Calabra contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ceramida, Solano, and Pellegrina.

Bagnara Calabra borders the following municipalities: Melicuccà, Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte, Scilla, Seminara.

Bagnara is known for its torrone, the typical delicacy of the village, and also for its swordfish.The Bagnara inhabitants have lived for centuries of fishing and agriculture. It was very famous for its fields for the sericulture.Then, all the terrazzamenti (it means to make a sort of stairs on the flank of the mountains to allow cultivations), was converted in fields for grape cultivation.

Since few years the village was converted in a tourists attraction for many of these that come for summer holiday.

Famous Citizens

Benito Carbone, the former Sheffield Wednesday footballer, Loredana Bertè and Mia Martini singers were born in Bagnara.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.comunebagnara.it/ www.comunebagnara.it/]