Filadelfia 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 Vibo Valentia

Province of Vibo Valentia

The Province of Vibo Valentia is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992 which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Calabria

Calabria

Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

, located about 30 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 km northeast of Vibo Valentia

Vibo Valentia

Vibo Valentia is a city and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center . There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of...

. The city was built in 1783 by the people of Castelmonardo, on land that was 6 km. away from their city that was destroyed by an earthquake. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,908 and an area of 30.5 km².

The municipality of Filadelfia contains 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...

(subdivision) Montesoro.

Filadelfia borders the following municipalities: Curinga

Curinga

Curinga is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-1980 train crash:On November 21, 1980, a Rome-Syracuse passenger train hit the cars of a freight train from Catania, killing 20 people and injuring 112....

, Francavilla Angitola

Francavilla Angitola

Francavilla Angitola is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 30 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 km northeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Jacurso

Jacurso

Jacurso is a village and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy....

, Polia

Polia

Polia is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 30 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 km northeast of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,224 and an area of 31.8 km².Polia's origins date back to V|VIII...

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External links

• http://comune.filadelfia.vv.it
• http://www.comune.