Amantea
Amantea
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| Comune di Amantea | |
View of Amantea on the sea with the Palazzo delle Clarisse | |
Location of Amantea within the province of Cosenza | |
Location of Amantea | |
| Coordinates: 39°08′N 16°04′E / 39.133°N 16.067°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Cosenza (CS) |
| Frazioni | Acquicella, Camoli, Campora San Giovanni, Coreca, Colongi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Commissario prefettizio |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.46 km2 (11.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (5 June 2018) | |
• Total | 14,075 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Amanteani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 87032 |
| Dialing code | 0982 |
| Patron saint | St. Anthony of Padua |
| Saint day | June 13 |
| Website | Official website |
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Amantea (Calabrian: A' Mantia; Greek: Amanthea) is a town, former bishopric, comune (municipality) and Latin Catholic titular see in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
It is the twentieth municipality in the region by population, while for population density it is ranked twenty-fourth. It is a tourist centre on the southern Tyrrhenian Sea coast.