Crotone [kroˈtoːne] About this sound listen is a city and comune in Calabria. Founded c. 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Kroton (Latin: Crotona), it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to the current one. In 1992 it became the capital of the newly established Province of Crotone. As of July 2007, its population was 61,032.