CASSANO ALL'IONIO, a town of Calabria, Italy, in the province of Cosenza; its railway station (6m. S. of the town) is 37m. N. by E. from the town of Cosenza, while it is 6m. W. of Sibari, on the line between Metaponto and Reggio. Pop. (1931) 7,461 (town), 10,S76 (commune). It is very finely situated 82oft. above sea-level; the rock above it is crowned by a mediaeval castle. See also COMPSA.