Piaggine | |
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| Comune di Piaggine | |
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| Coordinates: 40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E / 40.350; 15.383 | |
| 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
References
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.