Serravalle (San Marino)

Serravalle
castello
The borders o Dogana
Banner Coat o airms
Serravalle's location in San Marino
Serravalle Serravalle's location in San Marino
Coordinates: 43°58′9.98″N 12°28′42.12″E
Kintra	San Marino
Govrenment
• Capitano	Gian Carlo Capicchioni (syne 2003)
Aurie
• Tot	10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population (2003)
• Tot	9,394
• Density	892.11/km2 (2,310.6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	47899

Serravalle is a castello locatit in the European republic o San Marino. Wi a population o 9,394 inhabitants (o that a scarce 2,000 ar o foreign oreegin, conditions 2006) an a surface o 10.53 km², it is no anerlie the maist densely populatit municipality in San Marino, but it contains its lairgest ceety (Dogana) an aw. Serravalle is locatit on the edge o the Apennines Muntains.

Geography

The toun borders on San Marinese municipalities o Domagnano an Borgo Maggiore an the Italian municipalities Verucchio, Rimini an Coriano. It haes an external borough named Galazzano, where the weather station is locatit. </gallery>

Heestory

First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this toun wis cawed Castrum Olnani, the village o the elm trees. Serravalle attached tae San Marino in 1463, durin the last territorial expansion o the Republic. Its current name is derived frae the Italian words serra (mountain range) an valle (valley).

Parishes

Serravalle haes 9 parishes (curazie):

• Cà Ragni, Cinque Vie, Dogana, Falciano, Galazzano, Lesignano, Ponte Mellini, Rovereta, Valgiurata

Points o interest

• Chiesa di Sant Andrea (Saunt Andrea's Church), built in 1824 bi Luigi Fonti
• Olympic stadium, no actually a stadium built tae house the Olympics, but rather tae house local San Marino fitbaa games

External links

Media relatit tae Serravalle at Wikimedia Commons