Scandriglia

Scandriglia is a municipality with 2973 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio.

Geography

Scandriglia is located 60 km northeast of Rome and 29 km south of Rieti. It is located in the Sabine mountains above the Valley of Farfa. The municipality consists of the villages of Ponticelli Sabino and Santa Maria delle Grazie. The municipality covers an altitude difference 209-1368 m slm

Scandriglia is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Monti Sabini.

The southeastern part of the township is part of the Parco Naturale dei Monti Lucretili.

The municipality is located in the seismic zone 2 (medium endangered).

The neighboring municipalities are Licenza (RM ), Monteflavio (RM ), Montorio Romano (RM ), Nerola (RM ), Orvinio, Percile (RM ), Poggio Moiano Poggio Nativo, Pozzaglia Sabina.

Traffic

Scandriglia lies east of the Via Salaria SS 4 which leads from Rome over Ascoli Piceno to the Adriatic coast at Porto d' Ascoli. The nearest motorway exit Roma Nord is on the A1 Autostrada del Sole in 28 km distance.

The nearest railway station is located in Passo Corese at the regional railway line FR1 from Rome Fiumicino Airport via Rome Tiburtina to Orte, 20 km away.

Demographics

Source: ISTAT

Policy

Paolo Palmieri ( civil list) was elected in June 2009 for the mayor. He replaced Domenico Scacchi, who did not run.