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Forio (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°44′15.6″N13°51′26.9″E / 40.737667°N 13.857472°E / 40.737667; 13.857472
Country Italy
Region Campania
Metropolitan city Naples (NA)
Frazioni Panza
Government
  MayorFrancesco Del Deo
Area
[1]
  Total12.85 km2 (4.96 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2017) [2]
  Total17,749
  Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Foriani, Panzesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
80075
Dialing code 081
Patron saintSaints Vitus and Leonard
Saint dayJune 15, November 6
Website Official website

Forio (known also as Forio of Ischia) is a town and comune of c. 17,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Naples, southern Italy, situated on the island of Ischia.

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Overview

Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only frazione of Forio and of the island of Ischia. Panza has always been an independent village since the 16th century when a first governmental organization was introduced on the island. In the 1975 the inhabitants of Panza tried to become an independent comune but the referendum, claimed by the inhabitants of Forio, was denied by the Campania's Regional Government.

There are numerous coastal watchtowers, built from the Middle Ages against Saracen and African pirates raids.

In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets. Ischia was the site where W.H. Auden composed one of his most famous poems, In Praise of Limestone. And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d'Ischia" as printed in Selected Poems of Theodore Rothke (Library of America, Edwin Hirsch, Ed., 2005, p.113).

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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: Italian statistical institute Istat.