Campomaggiore

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Campomaggiore
Comune di Campomaggiore
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Campomaggiore
Campomaggiore (Basilicata)
Coordinates: 40°34′N16°4′E / 40.567°N 16.067°E / 40.567; 16.067
Country Italy
Region Basilicata
Province Potenza (PZ)
Government
 • MayorNicola 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
 • Density63.6/km2 (165/sq mi)
Demonym Campomaggioresi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
85010
Dialing code 0971
ISTAT code 076017
Patron saintHoly Virgil of the Carmel Mountain
Saint day16 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

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