San Valentino Torio

San Valentino Torio
Comune
Comune di San Valentino Torio
Coat of arms
Location of San Valentino Torio
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Coordinates: 40°47′N14°36′E / 40.783°N 14.600°E / 40.783; 14.600
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Government
• Mayor	Michele Strianese
Area [1]
• Total	9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (31 December 2010) [2]
• Total	10,313
• Density	1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Valentinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84010
Dialing code	081
Patron saint	St. Valentine
Saint day	14 February

San Valentino Torio is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. San Valentino Torio is situated in the northern part of the province, not far from Mount Vesuvius, in the Sarno River valley.

San Valentino Torio occupies a predominantly agricultural area with cultivation of the typical vegetables of the region, such as the San Marzano tomato.

History

A monument to the Italian resistance movement in San Valentino Torio.

The first traces of human presence in the southern plain of Campania date from the ninth to the sixth centuries BCE. These include a necropolis with 1,400 tombs, attributed to the Sarrastri tribe. The Samnites invaded the territory in 421 BCE.

The earliest mention of San Valentino (as Balentino) is found in an 868 CE document, preserved in the Trinità della Cava abbey. Its territory was held by the Del Balzo and Capece Minutolo families until the abolition of feudalism in 1806. It assumed its current name after the unification of Italy, in 1861.

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. Population data from Istat

External links

• Official website