Piaggine

Piaggine
Piaggine
Comune
	Comune di Piaggine
	Coat of arms
	Location of Piaggine
	Piaggine Location of Piaggine in Italy Piaggine Piaggine (Campania)
	Coordinates: 40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Frazioni	Pruno
Government
• Mayor	Renato Pizzolante (since June 2022)
Area
• Total	62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)
Population (1 January 2020)
• Total	1,231
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Demonym	Piagginesi / Chiainari
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84065
Dialing code	0974
ISTAT code	065095
Website	Official 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

Sayalonga (Spain)

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Comune di Piaggine > Vivere Piaggine > Cultura e Tradizioni > Le origini e la storia". www.comune.piaggine.sa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "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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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v11-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v11-2] "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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Piaggine
Comune
Comune di Piaggine
Coat of arms
Location of Piaggine
Piaggine Location of Piaggine in Italy Show map of Italy Piaggine Piaggine (Campania) Show map of Campania
Coordinates: 40°21′N 15°23′E / 40.350°N 15.383°E / 40.350; 15.383
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Frazioni	Pruno
Government
• Mayor	Renato Pizzolante (since June 2022)
Area ^[1]
• Total	62 km² (24 sq mi)
Elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)
Population (1 January 2020)^[2]
• Total	1,231
• Density	20/km² (51/sq mi)
Demonym	Piagginesi / Chiainari
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84065
Dialing code	0974
ISTAT code	065095
Website	Official website

Twin towns

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References

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