Faeto

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Faeto
Comune
Comune di Faeto
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Faeto
Faeto (Apulia)
Coordinates: 41°19′30″N15°9′39″E / 41.32500°N 15.16083°E / 41.32500; 15.16083
Country Italy
Region Flag of Apulia.svg  Apulia
Province Foggia (FG)
Area
[1]
 • Total
26.19 km2 (10.11 sq mi)
Elevation
820 m (2,690 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2003) [2]
 • Total
719
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Demonym Faetani[ citation needed ]
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
71020
Dialing code 0881
ISTAT code 071023
Patron saintSan Prospero
Saint daySecond Sunday in August
Website Official website

Faeto (Arpitan : Fayéte, IPA: [faˈjet] ) is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.

It is a mountain village lying astride the Apennines and renowned for its prosciutto, an Italian dry-cured ham known as prosciutto di Faeto  [ it ]. Residents of Faeto and neighbouring Celle di San Vito are speakers of Faetar, a daughter language of the Franco-Provençal language, which is found in an Alpine region spanning northwestern Italy, southeastern France and southwestern Switzerland. Faeto was also historically inhabited by the Arbëreshë community, [3] which still lives in neighboring Greci.

Faeto borders the following municipalities: Biccari, Castelfranco in Miscano, Celle di San Vito, Greci, Orsara di Puglia, Roseto Valfortore.

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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. ↑ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. ↑ Gjovalin Shkurtaj, Shpirti i arbrit rron


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