San Lucido

San Lucido
Comune
Comune di San Lucido
Coat of arms
Location of San Lucido
San Lucido Location of San Lucido in Italy San Lucido San Lucido (Calabria)
Coordinates: 39°19′N 16°3′E
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Cosenza (CS)
Frazioni	Acqua Bianca, Acqualeone, Cerasuolo, Deuda, Granoriso, Miccisi, Pollella, Puppa, San Giovanni, Santa Lucia, Varco
Government
• Mayor	Alessandro Stefano
Area
• Total	27.12 km2 (10.47 sq mi)
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	5,589
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Demonym	Sanlucidani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	87038
Dialing code	0982
Patron saint	St. John the Baptist
Saint day	24 June
Website	Official website

San Lucido (Calabrian: Sàntu Lùcitu) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Geography

The municipality borders with Falconara Albanese, Marano Marchesato, Marano Principato, Paola, Rende and San Fili. It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Acqua Bianca, Acqualeone, Cerasuolo, Deuda, Granoriso, Miccisi, Pollella, Puppa, San Giovanni, Santa Lucia and Varco.

Economy

San Lucido is one of the few towns in the area where the town itself is close to the sea. Most of the other towns in the area have the old town or "centro storico" 2–5 km back from the sea and a new "marina" area with new build apartments and shops closer to the sea. Whilst the tourism in the area has suffered since the 1990s, due to winter storms and damage to the beaches it is slowly building back up and as many as 6–10,000 tourists per week holidaying in San Lucido in the month of August and taking advantage of the newly constructed sea defences and beaches. Tourism relies mainly upon Italian holiday makers but there are an increasing number of British, Irish and Americans visiting and holidaying in the town.