Alboreto, Aquilano, Caldari, Colombo, Cucullo, Feudo, Fontegrande, Foro, Fossato, Gagliarda, Iurisci, Lazzaretto, Lido Riccio, Madonna delle Grazie, Ranchini, Riccio, Ripari Bardella, Rogatti, Ruscitti, San Donato, San Leonardo, San Marco, San Pietro, Santa Lucia, Savini, Tamarete, Vaccari, Villa Deo, Villa Grande, Villa Iubatti, Villa Pincione, Villa San Leonardo, Villa San Nicola, Villa San Tommaso, Villa Torre
Government
• Mayor
Leo Castiglione
Area
[1]
• Total
70.88 km2 (27.37 sq mi)
Elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Population
(1 January 2023[2])[3]
• Total
22,209
• Density
310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Demonym
Ortonesi
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
66026
Dialing code
085
Patron saint
St. Thomas
Saint day
First Sunday of May
Website
Official website
Ortona (Abruzzese: Urtónë; Ancient Greek: Ὄρτων, romanized: Órtōn) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.
In 1943 Ortona was the site of the bloody Battle of Ortona, known as "Western Stalingrad".[4][5] A patron saint of Ortona is Saint Thomas the Apostle (Tommaso), whose relics were brought to Ortona in the 13th century by a sailor and are kept in the Cathedral of Saint Thomas.[5]
^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^citypopulation.de. "Abruzzo Region".
^"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^"Warfare History Network » The Battle of Ortona: Italy's Stalingrad". warfarehistorynetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
^ ab"Ortona, Italy is a coastal town with an impressive Argonese castle". www.italythisway.com. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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