Roccagorga

Roccagorga is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Latina in the Italian region Lazio, locatit aboot 70 kilometre (43 mi) sootheast o Roum an aboot 20 kilometre (12 mi) northeast o Latina. As o 31 Dizember 2004, it haed a population o 4,471 an a aurie o 24.0 square kilometre (9.3 sq mi).

Roccagorga
Comune
Comune di Roccagorga
Roccagorga Location o Roccagorga in Italy
Coordinates: 41°32′N 13°9′E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Province o Latina (LT)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Loreto Bevilacqua (syne June 2004)
Area
• Total	24.0 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Elevation	287 m (942 ft)
Population  (Dec. 2004)
• Total	4,471
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Rocchigiani (archaic: Roccagorgàni)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	04010
Diallin code	0773

Roccagorga borders the follaein municipalities: Carpineto Romano, Maenza, Priverno, Sezze.

Pheesical geografie

The terrain is primarily hilly an mountainous wi a sile rich in calcium. This helps provide a year-roond supply o watter tae the aurie. The climate is mediterranean, wi het, dry summers an mild, wet winters. Agriculture in the aurie focuses on the growin o olives, as favoured bi the mediterranean climate, the calcareous sile an the soothren exposure o the hillsides.

History

Roccagorga is situatit at on Monte Nero, a hill in the soothren Lepini mountains. Its origins date back tae the aftermath o the destruction o Privernum in 796 A.D. awtho it wisna until the Middle Ages that it began tae develop on the seicont peak o Gorga, aroond the auld Castle. It is named efter the matron Gorga who, accordin tae legend, settled on Monte Nero alang wi the Privernati refugees.

Main sichts

• Hermitage o St. Erasmus.
• Ethnical Museum o the Lepini Mountains.
• Kirk o St. Leonard an St. Erasmus.
• Baronal Palace.

Demographic evolution