Collevecchio is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Rieti

Province of Rieti

The Province of Rieti is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.It has an area of 2,749 km², and a total population of 153,258 . There are 73 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Rieti.It was founded in 1927.-External links:*...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Latium

Latium

Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With about 5.7 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the third most populated and the second richest region of Italy...

, located about 70 km north of Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and 45 km of Rieti

Rieti

Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...

. It is part of upper Sabina

Sabina

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, between the Tiber River valley and the Monti Sabini.

Collevecchio borders the following municipalities: Civita Castellana

Civita Castellana

Civita Castellana is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, 65 km north of Rome.Mount Soracte lies about 10 km to the south-east.-History:...

 (VT), Magliano Sabina

Magliano Sabina

Magliano Sabina is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km north of Rome and about 30 km west of Rieti...

, Montebuono

Montebuono

Montebuono is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km north of Rome and about 20 km west of Rieti....

, Ponzano Romano

Ponzano Romano

Ponzano Romano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km north of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,061 and an area of 19.3 km²....

 (RM), Stimigliano

Stimigliano

Stimigliano is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km north of Rome and about 25 km southwest of Rieti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,828 and an area of 11.4 km²....

, Tarano

Tarano

Tarano is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km north of Rome and about 25 km west of Rieti...

. The frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

of Poggio Sommavilla is home to an archaeological area with remains and a necropolis

Necropolis

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.

The economy is ased on agriculture (olive, wine) and animal husbandry (cattle and goats).

External links

• Istituto per l'Archeologia Etrusco-Italica Museum
  Museum
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   Civico of Magliano Sabina, exhibit the reperts of necropolis Sabine
  Sabine
  The Sabines were an Italic tribe that lived in the central Appennines of ancient Italy, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome...
  
  of Poggio Sommavilla (Collevecchio).