Serravalle, San Marino

Serravalle
The castle of Serravalle
The castle of Serravalle
Flag of Serravalle
Coat of arms of Serravalle
Serravalle's location in San Marino
Serravalle's location in San Marino
Serravalle is located in San Marino
Serravalle
Serravalle
Coordinates: 43°58′18″N 12°28′54″E / 43.97167°N 12.48167°E / 43.97167; 12.48167
Country San Marino
Curazie
Government
 • CapitanoLeandro Maiani (since 2009)
Area
 • Total10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Elevation
148 m (486 ft)
Population
 (May 2018)
 • Total10,878[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
47899
ClimateCfa

Serravalle (Romagnol: Saravâl) is one of the nine castelli of San Marino. It has a population of 10,878[1] inhabitants (of whom 2,000 are of foreign origin) and an area of 10.53 km2 (4 sq. mi.). It is the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, and contains its largest settlement (Dogana). Serravalle is located on the edge of the Apennine Mountains.

Geography

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The town borders on Sammarinese municipalities of Domagnano and Borgo Maggiore and the Italian municipalities Verucchio, Rimini and Coriano. Serravalle counts a surrounding quarter named Galazzano, where the weather station and an industrial area are located.[2] Serravalle has San Marino's northernmost and lowest elevated points. The outer edge of Serravalle is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from central Rimini and the Adriatic Sea.

Serravalle recorded a temperature of 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 3 and 9 August 2017, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in San Marino.[3]

Serravalle contains eight curazie: Cà Ragni, Cinque Vie, Dogana, Falciano, Lesignano, Ponte Mellini, Rovereta, and Valgiurata.[4][5]

History

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First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this town was called Castrum Olnani (later Olnano), the village of the elm trees.[citation needed] Serravalle attached to San Marino in 1463, during the last territorial expansion of the Republic.[citation needed]

In the Rimini earthquake on 16 August 1916, several houses in Serravalle collapsed.[6] Two houses were damaged in the earlier earthquake on 17 May 1916.[7]

Points of interest

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International relations

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Serravalle is twinned with:

References

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  1. ^ a b http://www.statistica.sm/contents/instance15/files/document/14101672tav_popolazione_.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ (in Italian) Serravalle's page on www.giuntedicastello.sm Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today
  3. ^ Masters, Jeff (18 January 2018). "NOAA: Earth Had Its Third Warmest Year on Record in 2017". Wunderground. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ^ Dini, Carla (8 August 2023). "San Marino, i Reggenti alla scoperta dei castelli" [San Marino: The Regents discovering the castles]. Corriere Romagna (in Italian). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Serravalle". San Marino Site (in Italian). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Il terremoto di Romagna e delle Marche" [The earthquake of Romagna and the Marche] (PDF). Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Bologna. 19 August 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. ^ "I principali edifizi lesionati" [The main buildings damaged]. Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 19 May 1916. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Chiusi della Verna e Serravalle: si festeggia il gemellaggio!" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ "San Marino. Gemellaggio tra Castello di Serravalle e Huangshan, giovedì scorso i festeggiamenti" (in Italian). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Serravalle si gemellerà con l'isola di Zante" (in Italian). 28 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Gemellaggio Serravalle - Sulmona" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ "Serravalle e Tolentino firmano il gemellaggio in ottica sinergica" (in Italian). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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