Zagarise

Zagarise () is an Arbëreshë village and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Key facts

Italian comune.name: Zagarise
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Zagarise
Italian comune.image_skyline: Panorama_zagarise.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield: Zagarise-Stemma.png
Italian comune.province: (CZ)
Italian comune.mayor: Domenico Gallelli
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 49.33
Italian comune.population_total: 1581
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 November 2018
Italian comune.population_demonym: Zagaritani
Italian comune.elevation_m: 581
Italian comune.saint: San Pancrazio

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Zagarise () is an Arbëreshë village and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

== History == The name of the settlement first appears in official documents in the 16th century, when the Arbereshe migrated to Italy. Zagarise became an independent village during the early 19th century, when feudalism was abolished in the Kingdom of Naples.