The local economy, once based on agriculture and shepherdry, has slowed due to emigration, which shrank the population from 9,242 in 1951 to about 3,380.
grotteria, comune, municipality, province, reggio, calabria, italian, region, calabria, located, about, kilometres, southwest, catanzaro, about, kilometres, northeast, reggio, calabria, comunecomune, coat, armslocation, location, italyshow, italy, calabria, sh. Grotteria is a comune municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria located about 70 kilometres 43 mi southwest of Catanzaro and about 60 kilometres 37 mi northeast of Reggio Calabria GrotteriaComuneComune di GrotteriaCoat of armsLocation of GrotteriaGrotteriaLocation of Grotteria in ItalyShow map of ItalyGrotteriaGrotteria Calabria Show map of CalabriaCoordinates 38 22 N 16 16 E 38 367 N 16 267 E 38 367 16 267CountryItalyRegionCalabriaMetropolitan cityReggio Calabria RC FrazioniGrotteria MareGovernment MayorVincenzo Attilio LoieroArea 1 Total37 9 km2 14 6 sq mi Elevation300 m 1 000 ft Population December 2007 2 Total3 381 Density89 km2 230 sq mi DemonymGrotteresiTime zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code89043Dialing code0964Patron saintHoly CrucifixSaint daySecond Sunday in September The local economy once based on agriculture and shepherdry has slowed due to emigration which shrank the population from 9 242 in 1951 to about 3 380 Grotteria borders the following municipalities Fabrizia Galatro Gioiosa Ionica Mammola Marina di Gioiosa Ionica Martone San Giovanni di Gerace Siderno Demographic evolution editReferences edit Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011 Italian National Institute of Statistics Retrieved 16 March 2019 All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute ISTAT nbsp This Calabrian location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grotteria amp oldid 1007892675, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
