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Chiaromonte | |
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| Comune di Chiaromonte | |
 View of Chiaromonte | |
  Chiaromonte Location of Chiaromonte in Italy  Chiaromonte Chiaromonte (Basilicata) | |
| Coordinates: 40°7′N16°13′E / 40.117°N 16.217°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Basilicata |
| Province | Potenza (PZ) |
| Frazioni | Armirosse, Battifarano, Bosco Magnano, Canocchielo-Pollino, Ponte, Cupolo, Grottole, Largo di Mezzo, Mancuoso, Pietrapica, Sagittario, Sammarella, San Pasquale, Sant'Uopo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valentina Viola |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.02 km2 (27.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 794 m (2,605 ft) |
| Population (December 2008) [2] | |
• Total | 2,041 |
| • Density | 29.15/km2 (75.50/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Chiaromontesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 85032 |
| Dialing code | 0973 |
| ISTAT code | 076028 |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist |
| Saint day | 24 June, 29 August |
| Website | Official website |
Chiaromonte is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Under the pseudonym "Montegrano", it was the case study for Edward C. Banfield's The Moral Basis of a Backward Society .
