Motta Santa Lucia

Comune in Calabria, Italy

39°6′N 16°18′E / 39.100°N 16.300°E / 39.100; 16.300CountryItalyRegionCalabriaProvinceCatanzaro (CZ)FrazioniCasale, Marignano, Porchia, SaliceGovernment • MayorIvano EgeoArea • Total26.3 km² (10.2 sq mi)Elevation590 m (1,940 ft)Population • Total875 • Density33/km² (86/sq mi)DemonymMottesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeDialing code0968ISTAT code079083 Patron saintSt. LucySaint dayDecember 13thWebsiteOfficial website

Motta Santa Lucia is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, southern Italy with 792 residents.^[3]

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 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 km².

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

The town is bordered by Conflenti, Martirano, Decollatura, Pedivigliano (CS), Altilia (CS).

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

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