San Valentino Torio

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San Valentino Torio
Comune di San Valentino Torio
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San Valentino Torio
San Valentino Torio (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°47′N14°36′E / 40.783°N 14.600°E / 40.783; 14.600
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Government
  MayorMichele Strianese
Area
[1]
  Total9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
22 m (72 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2010) [2]
  Total10,313
  Density1,100/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 day14 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.

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

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

The earliest mention of San Valentino (as Balentino) is from 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 the current denomination after the unification of Italy, in 1861.

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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. Population data from Istat