Montegiardino

Castello of San Marino

Castello in San Marino

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Montegiardino's location in San Marino

43°54′32″N 12°29′04″E / 43.90889°N 12.48444°E / 43.90889; 12.48444Country

San MarinoCurazie

List

Cerbaiola

Government

• CapitanoGiacomo Rinaldi (since 2014)Area

• Total3.31 km² (1.28 sq mi)Elevation

340 m (1,120 ft)Population

(May 2018)

• Total967^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)CESTPostal code

47898

ClimateCfa

Montegiardino (lit. 'Mountain garden') is one of the nine castelli of San Marino.^[2]^[3] It has 967 inhabitants (May 2018)^[1] in an area of 3.31 km².

The residences of the University of the Republic of San Marino, the country's only university, are located in Montegiardino.

History

Montegiardino was added due to the last territorial expansion of San Marino, in 1463.

Geography

Due to its small size, it is the smallest subdivision of the country in population. It is also the smallest country subdivision in the world by area. It borders the San Marino municipalities Fiorentino and Faetano and the Italian municipalities Monte Grimano and Sassofeltrio.

Faetano contains one curazia: Cerbaiola.^[4]^[5]

Notable residents

Singer and Sammarinese Eurovision entrant, Anita Simoncini is from Montegiardino.

International relations

Montegiardino is twinned with:

Bléré, France(2017)^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b https://web.archive.org/web/20220521184941/https://www.statistica.sm/contents/instance15/files/document/14101672tav_popolazione_.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
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^ Agency, Central Intelligence (21 October 2008). The CIA World Factbook 2009. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-1-60239-282-3.
^ Rattini, Maurizio; Venturini, Gian Carlo; Volpinari, Antonio L. (21 March 1997). "Regolamento per la disciplina della campagna elttorale". Elezioni (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Montegiardino". San Marino Web (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Rinnovato il gemellaggio tra Montegiardino (San Marino) e Bléré (Francia)" (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ "Bléré - Montegiardino, le jumelage prend le nom de San-to" (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2024.