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{{Short description | Coastal Calabrian town famous for jazz festival}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Roccella Ionica
| official_name       = Comune di Roccella Ionica
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| image_skyline       = PanoramaRoccella.JPG
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| image_caption       = Panorama of Roccella Ionica
| image_shield        = Roccella_Ionica-Stemma.png
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| coordinates         = {{coord|38|19|N|16|24|E|region:IT|display=inline}}
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| region              = {{RegioneIT|sigla=CAL}}
| metropolitan_city   = [[Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria|Reggio Calabria]] (RC)
| frazioni            = Mancino, Spanò Bosco Catalano, Canne, Cutunizza, Ferraro, Serulline.
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Vittorio Zito 
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 37
| population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute ([[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]])</ref>
| population_total    = 6768
| population_as_of    = December 2007
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| population_demonym  = Roccellesi (''Ruccejoti'' in the local dialect)
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| elevation_m         = 16
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| saint               = [[Saint Victor of Marseilles|Saint Victor]]
| day                 = 21 July 
| postal_code         = 89047
| area_code           = 0964
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.roccella.rc.it/}}
| footnotes           =
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'''Roccella Ionica''' ({{IPA|it|rotˈtʃɛlla ˈjɔːnika}}; also known as '''Roccella Jonica''' or simply as '''Roccella''' ([[Central-Southern Calabrian|Roccellese]]: {{lang|scn|Rucceja}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]''  located on the [[Ionian Sea]] in [[Calabria]], southern [[Italy]].

Possibly built on the site of the ancient [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] settlement of '''Amphissa''', Roccella is probably best known for hosting a major annual [[jazz]] festival. It is a town on the sea and has many tourists in summer for beach vacations.

==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Arco, Trentino|Arco]]

==References==
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==Sources==
*Elio Walter Barillaro, ''Roccella Jonica e Maria SS. Delle Grazie nel 450 Anniversario del Miracolo (1545-1995)'' (1995)

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{{Province of Reggio Calabria}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Calabria]]
[[Category:Vallata dello Stilaro]]

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