Piaggine
Piaggine | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Piaggine | |
  Piaggine Location of Piaggine in Italy  Piaggine Piaggine (Campania) | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Frazioni | Pruno |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Renato Pizzolante (since June 2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 62 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 630 m (2,070 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2020)[2] | |
• Total | 1,231 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Piagginesi / Chiainari |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84065 |
| Dialing code | 0974 |
| ISTAT code | 065095 |
| Website | Official website |
Piaggine, also called “Chiaine“ in the local dialect, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, in the south-west of Italy.
The town is located on the river Calore, 93 miles (150 km) south-east of Naples, 57 miles (92 km) north-west of Potenza.
According to the official data, the resident population in 2020 was 1231.[3]
Piaggine was originally inhabited around 1000 A.D by a community of nomadic shepherds, which found green pastures among the mountains near the river.[4]
The town is famous for being the birthplace of the notorious brigant Giuseppe Tardio.[5]
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Le origini e la storia". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Galleria di personaggi > Giuseppe Tardio". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
External links
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