tropea

{{Short description|Municipality in Calabria, Italy}}

{{About||people named Tropea|Tropea (surname)|the village in Arcadia, Greece|Tropaia}}

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Tropea

| official_name = Comune di Tropea

| native_name = {{native name|scn|Trupìa}}
{{native name|el|Trápeia}}

| image_skyline = Old city of Tropea - View from the road - Italy 2015.JPG

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| image_caption = View of the historic centre of Tropea

| image_shield = Tropea-Stemma.svg

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| coordinates = {{coord|38.67538|15.89479|source:wikidata_region:IT_type:city(6922)|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Calabria

| province = Vibo Valentia (VV)

| frazioni = Marina

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| mayor = Giovanni Macrì (Forza Italia)

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| area_total_km2 = 3.2

| population_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Monthly Demographic Balance|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=2025&i=D7B|publisher=ISTAT}}

| population_total = 5661

| population_as_of = 2025

| population_demonym = Tropeani (dialectal: Trupiani)

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| elevation_m = 60

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|istat=| saint = St. Madonna of Romania

| day = March 27

| postal_code = 89861

| area_code = 0963

| website = {{URL|https://www.comune.tropea.vv.it/}}

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Tropea ({{IPA|it|troˈpɛːa|lang}}; {{langx|scn|label=Calabrian|Trupìa}}; {{langx|la|Tropaea}}; {{langx|grc|Τράπεια|Trápeia}}) is a municipality in the province of Vibo Valentia, in the Italian region of Calabria. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/calabria/|title=Calabria|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}

Tropea is a seaside resort with sandy beaches, located on the Gulf of Saint Euphemia, part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, on Italy's west coast and was named "Most beautiful village in Italy" for 2021.{{Cite web |last=idealista.it |title=Tropea, the most beautiful village in Italy in 2021 |url=https://www.idealista.it/en/news/lifestyle-in-italy/2021/04/14/23632-tropea-the-most-beautiful-village-in-italy-in-2021 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=idealista |language=en}}

Demographics

{{Historical populations|1861|5133|1871|5703|1881|5929|1901|6264|1911|6001|1921|6028|1931|5913|1936|6088|1951|6953|1961|6702|1971|6852|1981|6868|1991|6869|2001|6836|2011|6555|2021|5911|footnote=Source: ISTAT|cols=2|align=none}}

Notable people

Twin towns

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}

Tropea is twinned with:

{{wide image | Tropea panorama - Calabria - Italy - July 18th 2013 - 01.jpg | 400px | Panorama of Tropea from the Tyrrhenian Sea}}

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