Celle di Bulgheria

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Celle di Bulgheria
Comune
Comune di Celle di Bulgheria
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Panorama from the mount Bulgheria
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Celle within the Province of Salerno
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Location of Celle di Bulgheria in Italy
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Celle di Bulgheria
Celle di Bulgheria (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°06′N15°24′E / 40.100°N 15.400°E / 40.100; 15.400
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Frazioni Poderia
Government
 • MayorGino Marotta
Area
[1]
 • Total31.62 km2 (12.21 sq mi)
Elevation
234 m (768 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2018) [2]
 • Total1,861
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym Cellesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84040
Dialing code 0974
Patron saint Madonna of the Snow
Saint day5 August
Website Official website

Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as Celle, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

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History

The town was named after the Bulgars settled here with their leader Altsek (whose father was the second ever leader of Old Great Bulgaria) in the early Middle Ages. [3]

Geography

Celle Bulgheria is located in Southern Cilento, near the mount Bulgheria, and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. It borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Centola, Laurito, Montano Antilia and Roccagloriosa. [4] Its hamlet ( frazione ) is the nearby village of Poderia. [5]

Main sights

Transport

Celle di Bulgheria counts a railway station, Celle Bulgheria-Roccagloriosa, on the Naples-Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway line.

Crossed by the "Cilentana" highway Salerno-Sapri to the south, has the nearest exits at Poderia (west) and Roccagloriosa (east).

People

Twin towns

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
  3. ↑ MONUMENT OF ANCIENT BULGAR LEADER ALTSEK OPENED IN ITALY’S CELLE DI BULGHERIA TO CELEBRATE ANCIENT BULGAR HERITAGE
  4. ↑ 40261 (x a j h) Celle di Bulgheria on OpenStreetMap
  5. ↑ 1253558258 Poderia on OpenStreetMap



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