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Rende is a comune (municipality) in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 36,000. The city is divided into two parts: the old town, on a high hill, and the modern area, on level ground, which is fully connected to the city of Cosenza and central to the cultural and economic life of the urban area.

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Rende is a town of about 36,000 people in southern Italy that serves as the home of the University of Calabria and is closely integrated with the nearby city of Cosenza. The town is split between an old hilltop settlement and a modern lowland area that plays a central role in the region's cultural and economic activity.

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Italian comune.name
Rende
Italian comune.native_name
Griko:
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Rende
Italian comune.image_skyline
Panoramica centro storico Rende.jpg
Italian comune.image_map
Map of comune of Rende (province of Cosenza, region Calabria, Italy).svg
Italian comune.region
Calabria
Italian comune.province
Cosenza (CS)
Italian comune.frazioni
Arcavacata, Commenda, Quattromiglia, Roges, Santo Stefano, Saporito, Surdo
Italian comune.mayor
Sandro Principe
Italian comune.mayor_party
PSI
Italian comune.elevation_m
480
Italian comune.area_total_km2
54
Italian comune.population_as_of
2025
Italian comune.population_total
36918
Italian comune.population_demonym
Rendesi
Italian comune.saint
Immaculate Conception
Italian comune.day
20 February
Italian comune.map_caption
Rende within the Province of Cosenza

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Official name
Rende
Population
36434
Area
55.28
Elevation
480
Official website
www.comune.rende.cs.it
Image
Panorama Rende-vista petroni.jpg
Dialing code
0984
Licence plate code
CS
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Commons category
Rende (Italy)
postal code
87036
Commons gallery
Rende
P12749
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Rende is a comune (municipality) in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 36,000. The city is divided into two parts: the old town, on a high hill, and the modern area, on level ground, which is fully connected to the city of Cosenza and central to the cultural and economic life of the urban area.

== Geography == Rende stretches from the left river of the Crati to the mountains called "Serre Cosentine". Southern borders: Cosenza, Castrolibero, Marano Marchesato and Marano Principato. Northern borders: Montalto Uffugo and San Vincenzo La Costa. Western borders: San Fili. Eastern borders: Castiglione Cosentino, Rose, San Pietro in Guarano and Zumpano.

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