Montopoli di Sabina


Montopoli di Sabina is a town and comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. In 2011, it had a population of 4,222.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1055, in a document of Farfa Abbey. It is locally known as The Town of Privateers.

Geography

Montopoli, located in the southwestern corner of the province, at the borders with the one of Rome, borders with the municipalities of Castelnuovo di Farfa, Fara in Sabina, Fiano Romano, Nazzano, Poggio Mirteto, Salisano and Torrita Tiberina. Its southwestern borders with Fiano are crossed by the Tiber river.
Montopoli counts the hamlets of Bocchignano, Casenove, Colonnetta La Memoria, Ferruti, Granari, Granica, Ponte Sfondato, Ponticchio and Santa Maria.

Demographics


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Main sights

Transport

Nearest railway station, Poggio Mirteto, is 7 km far and lies in Poggio Mirteto Scalo. It is part of the Roman suburban railway line FL1 Orte–Fiumicino, a line that crosses the southwestern corner of the municipal territory.