San Vito Chietino
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = San Vito Chietino
| official_name = Comune di San Vito Chietino
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| image_skyline = San Vito Chietino Panorama 2007 by-RaBoe 01.jpg
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| image_caption = Panorama of San Vito Chietino in 2007
| image_shield = San Vito Chietino-Stemma.png
| shield_size = 95px
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|18|N|14|27|E|region:IT_type:city(4998)|display=inline}}
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| region = Abruzzo
| province = Chieti (CH)
| frazioni = Anticaglia, Balsamate, Bufara, Castellana, Cese, Cintioni, Colle Capuano, Foresta, Mancini, Melogranato, Murata Alta, Murata Bassa, Paolini, Passo Tucci, Pontoni, Portelle, Quercia del Corvo, Rapanice, Renazzo, San Fino, San Rocco Vecchio, Sant'Apollinare, Sciutico, Strutte, Valle Ienno, Vicende
| mayor_party =
| mayor = Rocco Catenaro
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 16
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 5326
| population_as_of = 31 December 2009Data from Istat.
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| population_demonym = Sanvitesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 122
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| saint = St. Vitus
| day = 15 June
| postal_code = 66038
| area_code = 0872
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.sanvitochietino.ch.it}}
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San Vito Chietino is a town and comune in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.
Geography
The town is bordered by Frisa, Lanciano, Ortona, Rocca San Giovanni, Treglio and Fossacesia.
Economy
File:Trabocco Marina di San Vito-001.jpg of San Vito]]
The town is known for its trabocchi, large wooden platforms that were traditionally used for fishing on the southern coast of Abruzzo. Tourism has grown in recent decades.
Notable residents
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, lived in the town in 1900.
- Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), the composer of "Musica Proibita", spent his early childhood in San Vito Chietino.*Sbrocchi, Vito (April 18, 2003). [http://www.iltempo.it/abruzzo/2003/04/18/45030-abruzzo_nella_musica_proibita.shtml "Il compositore Gastaldon, celebre alla fine dell'Ottocento, trascorse l'infanzia a San Vito"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928144334/http://www.iltempo.it/abruzzo/2003/04/18/45030-abruzzo_nella_musica_proibita.shtml |date=2011-09-28 }}. Il Tempo {{in lang|it}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.comunesanvitochietino.gov.it Official website]
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Category:Cities and towns in Abruzzo
Category:Coastal towns in Abruzzo
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