Cagli

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Comune di Cagli
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Cagli in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Pesaro e Urbino (PU)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Area	226 km² (87 sq mi)
Population (as of 02-2007)
- Total	8,958
- Density	40/km² (104/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°33′0″N, 12°39′0″E
Gentilic	Cagliesi
Dialing code	0721
Postal code	61043
Frazioni	Abbadia di Naro, Acquaviva, Ca'Bargello, Cerreto, Foci, Massa, Moria, Paravento, Pianello, Pieia, Secchiano, Smirra
Patron	San Geronzio
- Day	9 May
Website: http://www.comune.cagli.ps.it/

Cagli is a town in Italy in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, region of Marche. It lies 18 miles south of Urbino and covers an area of 226 km². As of 2005 there were 9,002 inhabitants. It borders the following municipalities: Acqualagna, Apecchio, Cantiano, Fermignano, Fossombrone, Frontone, Gubbio, Pergola, Pietralunga, Piobbico, Urbania.

[edit] History

Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have borne the name Cale, 24 miles north of Helvillum (now Sigillo) and 18 miles southwest of Forum Sempronii (now Fossombrone). About 5 miles to the northwest of Cagli and 2.5 miles west of the Via Flaminia at the mod. Acqualagna is the site of an ancient town; the place is now called piano di Valeria, and is scattered with ruins. Inscriptions show that this was a Roman stronghold, perhaps Pitinum Mergens. The town was the site on many wars with Italian nobles, eventually being burned to the ground in 1287. It was rebuilt in 1289.

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Coordinates: 43°33′N, 12°39′E