Cortale

Cortale is a municipality with 2161 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Catanzaro, region Calabria.

The territory of the municipality lies at an altitude of 410 m above sea level and covers an area of 9 km ². The Caraffa di Catanzaro neighboring municipalities are, Cenadi, Girifalco, Jacurso, Maida, Polia (VV ), San Floro and Vallefiorita. Cortale located 31 km southwest of Catanzaro.

The village was founded around the year 1000 in the vicinity of a Basilian monastery.

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