Monte San Martino

Monte San Martino
Comune
Comune di Monte San Martino

Coat of arms
Monte San Martino

Location of Monte San Martino in Italy

Coordinates: 43°2′N 13°26′E / 43.033°N 13.433°E / 43.033; 13.433Coordinates: 43°2′N 13°26′E / 43.033°N 13.433°E / 43.033; 13.433
Country Italy
Region Marche
Province / Metropolitan city Macerata (MC)
Government
  Mayor Valeriano Ghezzi
Area
  Total 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation 603 m (1,978 ft)
Population (31 December 2008)[1]
  Total 808
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 62020
Dialing code 0733
Website Official website

Monte San Martino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Ancona and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Macerata. There are 808 people in the village.

The economy is mostly based on agriculture.

The city houses artworks by Vittore and Carlo Crivelli, Girolamo di Giovanni da Camerino and Vincenzo Pagani.

The Monte San Martino Trust was founded in 1989 by J. Keith Killby, a former prisoner of war at Servigliano nearby, together with other veterans of the Second World War. The Trust awards English-language study bursaries to Italians, aged 18 to 25, in recognition of the courage and sacrifice of the Italian country people who rescued thousands of escaping Allied PoWs after the Armistice in 1943.[2]

Sport

In Monte San Martino there is a football team (ASD Monte San Martino) that plays in the last category of Italian football. There is also an amateur futsal team: ASD Athletic Molino.

Schools

There are three schools in the village: a kindergarten, a primary school and a secondary school, in these schools in all there are just over a hundred students.

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. http://www.msmtrust.org.uk


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