Campomaggiore

Campomaggiore
Comune
Comune di Campomaggiore
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Coordinates: 40°34′N16°4′E / 40.567°N 16.067°E / 40.567; 16.067
Country	Italy
Region	Basilicata
Province	Potenza (PZ)
Government
• Mayor	Nicola Blasi
Area [1]
• Total	12.48 km2 (4.82 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	795 m (2,608 ft)
Population  (30 April 2017) [3]
• Total	794
• Density	64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym	Campomaggioresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	85010
Dialing code	0971
Patron saint	Holy Virgil of the Carmel Mountain
Saint day	16 July
Website	Official website

Campomaggiore is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. It includes a modern settlement which has replaced the original town Campomaggiore Vecchio, destroyed by an avalanche in 1885 and now a ghost town. ^{[4] [5]}

Twin towns

• Cesano Maderno, Italy

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "Campomaggiore". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
3. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
4. Page 263, Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites, edited by Emilio Bilotta, Alessandro Flora, Stefania Lirer, Carlo Viggiani
5. Page 145, Hydrogeological Instability in Cohesive Soils: Techniques for Prediction ... By Luigi Coppola