Ortona

Ortona (Abruzzese: ''''; ) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.

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Ortona is a coastal town located in the Chieti province of Italy's Abruzzo region, home to approximately 23,000 people. It is a municipality situated along the Italian coast in this central part of the country.

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Italian comune.name: Ortona
Italian comune.official_name: Città di Ortona
Italian comune.image_skyline: Ortona porto.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: A view of Ortona from the sea.
Italian comune.frazioni: Alboreto, Aquilano, Caldari, Colombo, Cucullo, Feudo, Fontegrande, Foro, Fossato, Gagliarda, Iurisci, Lazzaretto, Lido Riccio, Madonna delle Grazie, Ranchini, Riccio, Ripari Bardella, Rogatti, Ruscitti, San Donato, San Leonardo, San Marco, San Pietro, Santa Lucia, Savini, Tamarete, Vaccari, Villa Deo, Villa Grande, Villa Iubatti, Villa Pincione, Villa San Leonardo, Villa San Nicola, Villa San Tommaso, Villa Torre
Italian comune.mayor: Angelo Di Nardo
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 70.88
Italian comune.population_total: 22209
Italian comune.population_as_of: 1 January 2023
Italian comune.population_demonym: Ortonesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 72
Italian comune.saint: St. Thomas
Italian comune.day: First Sunday of May
Italian comune.postal_code: 66026
Italian comune.area_code: 085
Italian comune.image_shield: Ortona-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.region: Abruzzo
Italian comune.province: Chieti (CH)

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Official name: Ortona
Demonym: ortonesi
Population: 22209
Area: 70.88
Elevation: 72
Official website: comune.ortona.ch.it
Image: Ortona 2000 by-RaBoe-01.jpg
Dialing code: 085
Licence plate code: CH

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Commons category: Ortona
postal code: 66026
Commons gallery: Ortona
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Ortona (Abruzzese: ''''; ) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.

In 1943, Ortona was the site of the bloody Battle of Ortona, known as "Western Stalingrad". A patron saint of Ortona is Saint Thomas the Apostle (Tommaso), whose relics were brought to Ortona in the 13th century by a sailor and are kept in the Cathedral of Saint Thomas.