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Piaggine

Coordinates: 40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E / 40.350; 15.383
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Piaggine
Comune di Piaggine
Location of Piaggine
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Piaggine is located in Italy
Piaggine
Piaggine
Location of Piaggine in Italy
Piaggine is located in Campania
Piaggine
Piaggine
Piaggine (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E / 40.350; 15.383
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
ProvinceSalerno (SA)
FrazioniPruno
Government
 • MayorRenato Pizzolante (since June 2022)
Area
 • Total
62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2020)[2]
 • Total
1,231
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
DemonymPiagginesi / Chiainari
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84065
Dialing code0974
ISTAT code065095
WebsiteOfficial website

Piaggine, also called “Chiaine“ in the local dialect, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, in the south-west of Italy.

The town is located on the river Calore, 93 miles (150 km) south-east of Naples, 57 miles (92 km) north-west of Potenza.

According to the official data, the resident population in 2020 was 1231.[3]

Piaggine was originally inhabited around 1000 A.D by a community of nomadic shepherds, which found green pastures among the mountains near the river.[4]

The town is famous for being the birthplace of the notorious brigant Giuseppe Tardio.[5]

Twin towns

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References

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  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  4. ^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Le origini e la storia". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  5. ^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Galleria di personaggi > Giuseppe Tardio". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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