Montepaone

San Giovanni Battista ( for the parish Montepaone Lido)

Montepaone is a municipality with 4998 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Catanzaro, region Calabria.

The territory of the municipality lies at an altitude of 361 m above sea level and covers an area of 16.9 km ². The neighboring municipalities are Centrache, Gasperina Montauro, Palermiti, Petrizzi and Soverato. The districts are Frabotto Mannesì, Montepaone Lido, Paparo, Sant'Angelo and Timponello. Montepaone located 37 km south of Catanzaro.

The exact founding date of Montepaone is unknown, but here already settled people in ancient times.

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