Sant'Onofrio 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 45 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 4 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,202 and an area of 18.4 km². It is named after Saint Onuphrius

Onuphrius

Onuphrius or Onoufrios , venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches; Venerable Onuphrius in Eastern Orthodoxy and Saint Nofer the Anchorite in Oriental Orthodoxy, lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries.-Life and...

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Sant'Onofrio borders the following municipalities: Filogaso

Filogaso

Filogaso is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 13 km east of Vibo Valentia...

, Maierato

Maierato

Maierato is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 11 km northeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Pizzo

Pizzo, Calabria

Pizzo is a seaport and comune in the province of Vibo Valentia , situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia.Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tuna and coral.-History:...

, Stefanaconi

Stefanaconi

Stefanaconi is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 50 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 3 km east of Vibo Valentia...

, Vazzano

Vazzano

Vazzano is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 15 km east of Vibo Valentia...

, 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...

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Surnames

10 most common names in Sant'Onofrio.

• 1. Cugliari
• 2. De Fina
• 3. Barbieri
  Barbieri
  Barbieri is a surname, and may refer to:* Antonio María Barbieri* Anthony Barbieri* Domenico del Barbieri* Don Barbieri* Fedora Barbieri* Francesco Barbieri* Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, composer of zarzuelas* Gato Barbieri...
  
  
• 4. Lopreiato
• 5. Marcello
  Marcello
  Marcello is an Italian surname and given name, the Italian equivalent of Marcel.- Etymology :The name originally means like a hammer.It is originally the adjectival form of marcus which means hammer; the -el suffix was in times of archaic Latin the adjectival form.-People with this given name:*...
  
  
• 6. Arcella
  Arcella
  Arcella is a genus of testate amoebae or Arcellinida, usually found in freshwaters and mosses, and rarely in soils. A key characteristic of Arcella is the circular test with a hole on its center from where finger-like pseudopods emerge...
  
  
• 7. Pezzo
• 8. Figliano
• 9. Marago'
• 10. Defina
  Defina
  Defina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bougouni in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,109.-References:...