Vallerotonda

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Vallerotonda-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Vallerotonda
name = Vallerotonda
region = Lazio
province = Frosinone (FR)
elevation_m = 620
area_total_km2 = 59
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 1851
population_density_km2 = 31
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|33|N|13|55|E|
frazioni = Centro, Valvori, Cerreto, Cardito
telephone = 0776
postalcode = 03040
gentilic = vallerotondesi
saint = San Pietro
day = 7th April
mayor = Giovanni Rongione (since June 2004)
website =http://www.vallerotonda.net/index.htm (Italian only)http://www.laciociaria.it/comuni/vallerotonda.htm (Italian only)
img_pos =
mapy = 13.9500
mapx = 41.5500

Vallerotonda is a town and "comune" (municipality) in the region of Lazio in central Italy, in the province of Frosinone. The commune is situated on the Apennine Mountains and forms part of the Comino Valley.

The area is historically tied to the Mezzogiorno, the Italian "South", only relatively recently in the 1920s Fascist rule, was it transferred to the "central" province of Lazio along with Latina from the Terra di Lavoro, which was a "giustizierato" (circumscription) of the former Kingdom of Naples.

It borders the communes Acquafondata, Cervaro, Filignano (IS), Rocchetta a Volturno (IS), San Biagio Saracinisco, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido, and Viticuso.

The "comune" is split up into four "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets): Centro, Valvori, Cerreto and Cardito.

Trivia

The mother of Italian-Scot film director Anthony Minghella hails from Valvori, a "frazione" of Vallerotonda.

External links

* [http://www.vallerotonda.net/index.htm Official webpage (Italian only)]
* [http://www.laciociaria.it/comuni/vallerotonda.htm Website "la Ciociaria" (Italian only)]