Spigno Saturnia

Spigno Saturnia
Comune
Comune di Spigno Saturnia
Coat of arms
Location of Spigno Saturnia
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Coordinates: 41°18′N 13°44′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Latina (LT)
Frazioni	Campodivivo, Santo Stefano, Piscinola, Capodacqua
Government
• Mayor	Salvatore Vento (Civic list)
Area [1]
• Total	38 km^2 (15 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population  (31 March 2015[2])[3]
• Total	2,963
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym	Spignesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	04020
Dialing code	0771
Website	Official website

Spigno Saturnia is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy.

Medieval Spinium, which had its own counts in the Norman period, corresponds to the frazione of Spigno Vecchio.^[4]

Origin of name

The toponym "Spigno" derives from the spread over the territory of two thorny plants, the hawthorn and the wild plum, and from the fact that the latter was used with its thorns by the Spigno inhabitants to make fences.

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. Data from ISTAT
3. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
4. Bloch, Herbert (1986). Monte Cassino in the Middle Ages. Volume I (Parts I–III). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 398–99.