Cortino

Cortino (Abruzzese: Curtènë) is a small town and comune in the central Italian region of Abruzzo in the Province of Teramo. It is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.

Cortino
Comune di Cortino
Coat of arms
Location of Cortino
Cortino
Location of Cortino in Italy
Cortino
Cortino (Abruzzo)
Coordinates: 42°38′N 13°33′E
CountryItaly
RegionAbruzzo
ProvinceTeramo (TE)
Government
  MayorGabriele Minosse
Area
  Total62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation
892 m (2,927 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2009)[2]
  Total731
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64040
Dialing code0861

The major part of the population lives in small hamlets dotting the comune. In recent years the population of Cortino has been decreasing as people have moved to larger and more developed Teramo.

The Cortino communal archives were almost completely destroyed in 1943. Prior to 1816, when it was still part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Cortino was one of 29 mountain villages which formed the "Stato di Roseto", in what was then known as Abruzzo Ulteriore I, known today as the Province of Teramo. Administrative changes took place in 1868, after the unification of Italy, when the communal status of Valle San Giovanni was abolished. Collegilesco, Casanova, and Faieto were at that time annexed into the Comune of Cortino.


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