San Sostene is a village and 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:...

in the province of Catanzaro

Province of Catanzaro

The Province of Catanzaro is a province of the Calabria region, in Italy. The city of Catanzaro is capital both of the province and of the region.- Demographics :The following is a list of the province of Catanzaro comunes with population over 5,000:...

 in the 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....

 region of southern Italy

Italy

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. It is one of the smallest comuni in the province.

Geography

The town is bordered by Badolato

Badolato

Badolato is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. As of 2007 Badolato had an estimated population of 3,275.- Territory :The village of Badolato is 30 km from Catanzaro on Calabria's Ionian coast...

, Brognaturo

Brognaturo

Brognaturo is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Cardinale, Davoli

Davoli

Davoli is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy....

, Isca sullo Ionio

Isca sullo Ionio

Isca sullo Ionio is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.-Sources:...

, Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio

Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio

Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello lonio is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy....

 and Satriano

Satriano

Satriano is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Geography:The town is bordered by Cardinale, Davoli, Gagliato, Petrizzi, San Sostene and Soverato....

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History

San Sostene was found through a housing estate on the beach between Pacile and Portonuovo. In the
middle of the 15th century it was relocated in the actual area.
First it was under rule of different families like Pignatelli, Borgia di Squillace and Revaschieri.
After the earthquake of 1783

1783 Calabrian earthquakes

The 1783 Calabrian earthquakes were a sequence of five strong earthquakes that hit the region of Calabria in southern Italy , the first two of which produced significant tsunamis. The epicenters form a clear alignment extending nearly 100 km from the Straits of Messina to about 18 km SSW...

the comune was damaged seriously. Six Years later there was an earthquake again in which the today's church was destroyed and then rebuilt.
The 4th May 1811 it became an independent comune. In 1917 there was built a churchyard, because there wasn't any place to bury them. In former times they were buried in the catacombs of the church.

Economy

The main site-related factors are:

• use of wind power
• cultivation of chestnuts
• production of olive oil
• production of vine for themselves