What is a *comune* in Italy?

A *comune* is the smallest administrative division in Italy, similar to a municipality or town. It has its own local government and provides essential services to residents.

Where is Castelforte located?

Castelforte is situated in the Province of Latina, within the Lazio region of central Italy. Its coordinates are approximately 41.3° N latitude and 13.833333333333° E longitude.

What is the population of Castelforte?

The population of Castelforte is around 4,300 residents, with slight variations reported (e.g., 4,221 or 4,025 in different sources).

What are the nearby settlements?

Nearby settlements include Suio, Suio Alto, and Valle di Suio, all located within the same province.

When was the Province of Latina established?

The Province of Latina was established on January 1, 1934.

Castelforte

Italian comune

Place comune_of_italy Q128062

Castelforte — Carlo V. Iossa · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of: comune of Italy
Official website: www.comune.castelforte.lt.it^[17]
Official name: Castelforte

Location

Country: Italy^[4]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 41.300°, 13.833°^[16]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Latina^[3]
Shares border with: Coreno Ausonio, Rocca d'Evandro, Sant'Andrea del Garigliano, Santi Cosma e Damiano, Sessa Aurunca, Vallemaio^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Population and size

Area: +29.71
Elevation above sea level: +130
Population: 4.0k (4.0k–4.3k, n=3)^[18]^[19]^[20]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,303 · 4,221 · 4,025 GeoNames 4,189 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code: 0771^[15]
Postal code: 04021^[12]

More facts +10

Award received: Gold Medal for Civil Valor^[2]
Capital: Castelforte^[5]
Coordinates of easternmost point: 🗺️ 41.312°, 13.895°
Coordinates of northernmost point: 🗺️ 41.339°, 13.873°^[21]
Coordinates of southernmost point: 🗺️ 41.280°, 13.835°^[22]
Coordinates of westernmost point: 🗺️ 41.311°, 13.815°
Demonym: castelfortesi
Licence plate code: LT^[13]
Patron saint: John the Baptist^[14]
Seismic classification: 3A

🏷️ Also known as

en Castelforte ar كاستلفورتي fa کستلفورته ja カステルフォルテ ko 카스텔포르테 ru Кастельфорте zh 卡斯泰尔福尔泰

🔖 Identifiers · 13

VIAF cluster ID: 240129459
GND ID: 7604267-4
Freebase ID: /m/0f8p69
GeoNames ID: 6538693
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6538693 GND (DNB) 3179692 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
ISTAT ID: 059004
IndicePA ID: c_c104
Italian cadastre code (municipality): C104
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID: 9890
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 41229
Topic's main category: Category:Castelforte
Who's on First ID: 101836811
Wiki Loves Monuments ID: 12C1040000

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Yale LUX ID: place/66cf0e79-993a-48fa-bf78-1977d152dcae

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 6

Sessa Aurunca, Vallemaio, Coreno Ausonio, Sant'Andrea del Garigliano, Rocca d'Evandro, Santi Cosma e Damiano

← Shares border with 6

Sessa Aurunca, Vallemaio, Coreno Ausonio, Sant'Andrea del Garigliano, Rocca d'Evandro, Santi Cosma e Damiano

Contained subdivisions 3

Suio, Suio Alto, Valle di Suio

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Country 1

Italy

Instance of 1

comune of Italy

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Latina

Patron saint 1

John the Baptist

People born here 1

Dominique D'Onofrio

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Province of Latina

← FactGrid item ID 1

Plagnole

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Summary

Castelforte is a comune of Italy^[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Castelforte covers an area of 29.71 km²^[23]. Castelforte sits at an elevation of 130 m^[24].

FAQs

What awards did Castelforte receive?

Honors received include Gold Medal for Civil Valor^[2].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Castelforte — country (P17): Italy. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Castelforte — capital (P36): Castelforte. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Castelforte — shares border with (P47): Coreno Ausonio. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Castelforte — shares border with (P47): Rocca d'Evandro. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Castelforte — shares border with (P47): Sant'Andrea del Garigliano. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Castelforte — shares border with (P47): Santi Cosma e Damiano. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Castelforte — shares border with (P47): Sessa Aurunca. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Castelforte — shares border with (P47): Vallemaio. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Castelforte — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Province of Latina. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Castelforte — award received (P166): Gold Medal for Civil Valor. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Castelforte — postal code (P281): 04021. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Castelforte — licence plate code (P395): LT. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Castelforte — patron saint (P417): John the Baptist. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Castelforte — local dialing code (P473): 0771. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Castelforte — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 41.3, 'lon': 13.833333333333}. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Castelforte — official website (P856): http://www.comune.castelforte.lt.it. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Castelforte — population (P1082): {'amount': '+4303'}. Italian National Institute of Statistics. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Castelforte — population (P1082): {'amount': '+4221'}. demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Castelforte — population (P1082): {'amount': '+4025'}. demo.istat.it. demo.istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Castelforte — coordinates of northernmost point (P1332): {'lat': 41.3388313, 'lon': 13.8728054}. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Castelforte — coordinates of southernmost point (P1333): {'lat': 41.2801845, 'lon': 13.8347349}. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Castelforte — elevation above sea level (P2044): 130 m. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Castelforte — area (P2046): 29.71 km². istat.it. Retrieved 2019-03-16. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Castelforte is an instance of comune of Italy (Q747074) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29.71'}

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