Comunanza

Comunanza
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Comune di Comunanza
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Comunanza Location of Comunanza in Italy
Coordinates: 42°57′N 13°25′E
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Ascoli Piceno (AP)
Government
• Mayor	Domenico Annibali
Area
• Total	54.0 km2 (20.8 sq mi)
Elevation	448 m (1,470 ft)
Population (28 February 2010)
• Total	3,233
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym	Comunanzesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	63044
Dialing code	0736

Comunanza is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km south of Ancona and about 20 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno. It is a typical medieval village along the Aso river, founded in the 5th or 6th century by families of Ascoli to escape barbaric incursions.

Comunanza borders the following municipalities: Amandola, Force, Montefalcone Appennino, Montefortino, Montegallo, Montemonaco, Palmiano, Roccafluvione. Sights include the late-Romanesque church of Sant'Anna, and that of Santa Maria a Terme, built in the 9th century in sandstone above a Roman temple which belonged to the disappeared Roman settlement of Interamnia Poletina Piceni.