# Motta Santa Lucia

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Comune in Calabria, Italy

Motta Santa Lucia Comune Comune di Motta Santa Lucia Coat of arms Motta Santa Lucia Location of Motta Santa Lucia in Italy Show map of Italy Motta Santa Lucia Motta Santa Lucia (Calabria) Show map of Calabria Coordinates: 39°6′N 16°18′E / 39.100°N 16.300°E / 39.100; 16.300 Country Italy Region Calabria Province Catanzaro (CZ) Frazioni Casale, Marignano, Porchia, Salice Government • Mayor Ivano Egeo Area [1] • Total 26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi) Elevation 590 m (1,940 ft) Population (31 December 2013)[2] • Total 875 • Density 33.3/km2 (86.2/sq mi) Demonym Mottesi Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 88040 Dialing code 0968 ISTAT code 079083 Patron saint St. Lucy Saint day December 13th Website Official website

**Motta Santa Lucia** is a *[comune](/source/Comune)* and [town](/source/Town) in the [province of Catanzaro](/source/Province_of_Catanzaro), [Calabria](/source/Calabria), southern [Italy](/source/Italy) with 792 residents.[3]

## Geography

### Location

Motta Santa Lucia stands at the top of a hill 590 meters above sea level, geographically located in the lower [Savuto](/source/Savuto) valley, on the slopes of [Sila Piccola](/source/La_Sila), 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 km2.

### 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](/source/Conflenti), [Martirano](/source/Martirano), [Decollatura](/source/Decollatura), [Pedivigliano](/source/Pedivigliano) (CS), [Altilia](/source/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](/source/Giuseppe_Villella)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20_1-0)** ["Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-istat_2-0)** All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute ([Istat](/source/National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Italy)))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Bilancio demografico mensile"](https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=it&a=2024&i=D7B). *demo.istat.it*. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

## Sources

- Imperio Assisi et al., *Decollatura e Motta S. Lucia: due comunità del Reventino*, Decollatura: Grafica Reventino, 1980.

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