{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Motta Santa Lucia | official_name = Comune di Motta Santa Lucia | native_name = | image_skyline = Motta Santa Lucia 10 08 2007.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = Motta Santa Lucia-Stemma.png | shield_size = 50px | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|39|6|N|16|18|E|region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=CAL}} | province = [[province of Catanzaro|Catanzaro]] (CZ) | frazioni = Casale, Marignano, Porchia, Salice | mayor_party = | mayor = Ivano Egeo | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 26.3 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute ([[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]])</ref> | population_total = 875 | population_as_of = 31 December 2013 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Mottesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = 590 | twin1 = | twin1_country = |istat=079083| saint = St. Lucy | day = December 13th | postal_code = 88040 | area_code = 0968 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.mottasantalucia.cz.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Motta Santa Lucia''' is a ''[[comune]]'' and [[town]] in the [[province of Catanzaro]], [[Calabria]], southern [[Italy]] with 792 residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilancio demografico mensile |url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=it&a=2024&i=D7B |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=demo.istat.it}}</ref>

== Geography ==

=== Location === Motta Santa Lucia stands at the top of a hill 590 meters above sea level, geographically located in the lower [[Savuto]] valley, on the slopes of [[La Sila|Sila Piccola]], on the border with the province of Cosenza. The altimetric profile of the municipal territory is between 169 and 1351 meters above sea level.

The surface area of Motta Santa Lucia is 26.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

=== Climate === In Motta Santa Lucia, for the most part, summers are short, hot, dry and clear and winters are long, cold and rainy.

=== Borders === The town is bordered by [[Conflenti]], [[Martirano]], [[Decollatura]], [[Pedivigliano]] (CS), [[Altilia]] (CS).

== Events and festivals ==

* ''Saint Lucy'': December 13 * ''"Ballata dei Ciucci di Sant'Anna":'' Last Sunday of July * ''"Ballata dei Babbi":'' August 15 * ''"Farce":'' Carnival

== See also == * [[Giuseppe Villella]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== * Imperio Assisi et al., ''Decollatura e Motta S. Lucia: due comunità del Reventino'', Decollatura: Grafica Reventino, 1980. {{Province of Catanzaro}}

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