Scurcola Marsicana

Scurcola Marsicana
Scurcola Marsicana
Comune
	Comune di Scurcola Marsicana
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	Coordinates: 42°03′51″N 13°20′24″E / 42.06417°N 13.34000°E
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	L'Aquila (AQ)
Frazioni	Cappelle dei Marsi
Government
• Mayor	Vincenzo Nuccetelli
Area
• Total	30.02 km2 (11.59 sq mi)
Elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	2,813
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Demonym	Scurcolani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	67068
Dialing code	0863
Patron saint	St. Anthony of Padua, St. Vincent Ferrer
Saint day	June 13
Website	Official website

Scurcola Marsicana is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.

It is located at the feet of Mount San Nicola, on the western rim of the former Fucine Lake.

History

The most ancient findings of human presence in the area date from the 9th-8th centuries BC.

The name is of Lombard origin, and is first mentioned around 1150 AD.

In the nearby, in the Palentine Plains (Italian: Piani Palentini), was fought the Battle of Tagliacozzo between Conradin of Hohenstaufen and Charles I of Anjou. The city was also the seat of a massacre of the local population by the Piedmontese troops in the aftermath of the unification of Italy.

Climate data for Scurcola Marsicana, elevation 730 m (2,400 ft), (1951–2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.2 (45.0)	9.0 (48.2)	12.5 (54.5)	15.7 (60.3)	20.8 (69.4)	24.8 (76.6)	27.8 (82.0)	28.1 (82.6)	23.7 (74.7)	18.3 (64.9)	11.7 (53.1)	7.5 (45.5)	17.3 (63.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	1.8 (35.2)	3.1 (37.6)	6.1 (43.0)	8.9 (48.0)	13.3 (55.9)	16.8 (62.2)	18.9 (66.0)	19.2 (66.6)	15.8 (60.4)	11.0 (51.8)	5.8 (42.4)	2.6 (36.7)	10.3 (50.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.7 (25.3)	−2.9 (26.8)	−0.2 (31.6)	2.2 (36.0)	5.8 (42.4)	8.7 (47.7)	10.0 (50.0)	10.3 (50.5)	7.9 (46.2)	3.7 (38.7)	−0.1 (31.8)	−2.3 (27.9)	3.3 (37.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	73.3 (2.89)	80.1 (3.15)	71.0 (2.80)	78.7 (3.10)	63.5 (2.50)	49.0 (1.93)	36.3 (1.43)	39.6 (1.56)	68.8 (2.71)	93.2 (3.67)	122.4 (4.82)	115.0 (4.53)	890.9 (35.09)
Average precipitation days	7.2	7.8	8.2	9.4	8.0	6.0	4.1	4.6	6.0	7.6	9.5	9.2	87.6
Source: Regione Abruzzo^[3]

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Population data from Istat
^ "VALORI MEDI CLIMATICI DAL 1951 AL 2000 NELLA REGIONE ABRUZZO" (PDF). Regione Abruzzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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