Norcia
Norcia, traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia, is a town and comune in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, Italy. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a subrange of the Apennines with some of its highest peaks, near the Sordo River, a small stream that eventually flows into the Nera.
- Town with about 4,540 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 600 metres (1,980 feet)
- Description: Italian commune
- Also known as“054035”“Norcia (Italy)”
Notable Churches
Discover Norcia Abbey and Co-Cathedral of St. Mary of Silver.
Norcia Abbey
The Abbey of St. Benedict on the Mountain, also known…
Hamlets in the Area
Discover Fiano di Abeto and Avendita.
Avendita
Avendita is a frazione of the comune of Cascia in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy.
6 km southwest of Norcia
Norcia
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Latitude
42.7924° or 42° 47′ 33″ north
Longitude
13.0929° or 13° 5′ 35″ east
Open location code
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Norcia” goes by many names.
نورتشاArabic
نورتشياArabic
ՆորչաArmenian
NorciaBasque
NorciaBreton
НорчаBulgarian
NorciaCatalan
NorciaCebuano
НорчаChechen
诺尔恰Chinese
NorciaCzech
Norcia (Italy)Czech
NursieCzech
NorciaDanish
NorciaDutch
نورتشاEgyptian Arabic
NorciaEsperanto
NorciaEstonian
Norcia valdEstonian
NorciaFinnish
ΝόρτσαGreek
נורסיהHebrew
NorciaHungarian
NorciaIndonesian
NorciaInterlingua
NorciaIrish
Comune di NorciaItalian
NorciaItalian
ノルチャJapanese
НорчаKazakh
노르차Korean
NorciaKurdish
NorciaLadin
NursiaLatin
Nursia ValeriaLatin
NorciaLombard
NorciaLuxembourgish
НорчаMacedonian
NorciaMalay
NorciaMin Nan Chinese
NorciaNeapolitan
NorciaNorwegian
NorciaNorwegian Bokmål
NorciaOccitan (post 1500)
نورچاPersian
نورکیاPersian
NorciaPiemontese
NorciaPolish
NursjaPolish
NorciaRomanian
НорчаRussian
NorciaSardinian
NorciaScots
NorciaSerbian
НорчаSerbian
NorciaSerbo-Croatian
NorciaSicilian
NorciaSlovenian
نورچاSouth Azerbaijani
نورشیاUrdu
NorciaUzbek
NorciaVenetian
NorciaVolapük
NorciaWaray (Philippines)
诺尔恰Wu Chinese
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