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Frontone
Comune di Frontone
Coat of arms of Frontone
Location of Frontone
Map
CountryItaly
RegionMarche
ProvincePesaro e Urbino (PU)
FrazioniCastello, Colombara, Foce
Area
 • Total
36.0 km2 (13.9 sq mi)
Elevation
412 m (1,352 ft)
Population
 (28 February 2009[2])[3]
 • Total
1,355
 • Density38/km2 (97/sq mi)
DemonymFrontonesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
61040
Dialing code0721
Patron saintSt. Theodore
Saint day9 November

Frontone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 60 km west of Ancona and about 45 km southwest of Pesaro.

Frontone borders the following municipalities: Cagli, Cantiano, Pergola, Scheggia e Pascelupo, Serra Sant'Abbondio.

The town is home to a Rocca (castle), designed, among the others, by Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.