Ardea, Piedmont, Italy

Ardea is a municipality of 48.372 inhabitants located in the Turin province in the Italian region of Piedmont in Northern Italy.

It has a population density of 671 people per km² and an altitude of 37 metres above the sea level.

Ardea accounts for about 2.14% of the total population in the province of Turin and about 0.08027% of the overall population of Italy as of 2022.

About Ardea

Ardea was founded during the 8th century BC and was the capital of the Rutuli people, as described in Virgil's Aeneid. In 509 BC, the Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus unsuccessfully tried to conquer Ardea, leading to the overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of the Roman Republic. After the Roman conquest, Ardea declined and was largely abandoned after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, before experiencing a resurgence in the 9th century AD. Ardea became a frazione (subdivision) of other municipalities over the centuries before becoming an independent municipality in 1970.

Ardea is classified as a Climate Zone , which means it is . The local climate is characterized by winters which are long and cold and summers which are dry and very hot. There are frequent precipitations in autumn and spring, and fog is not uncommon.

The province of Turin experiences on average 59.69 days of hot temperatures (over 30°C) and 13.61 cold temperature days (<5°C) per year.

Precipitation in the form of rain or snow occurs around 87.12 days per year. There are 7.99 foggy days throughout the year.

The municipality of Ardea enjoys approximately 7.5 hours of sunshine per day. This means that the town experiences an average of 304.17 sunny days in a year.

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