Acquaformosa

Acquaformosa
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates	39 ° 43 '  N , 16 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 43 '0 "  N , 16 ° 6' 0"  E
height	756  m slm
surface	22 km²
Residents	1,064 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	87010
prefix	0981
ISTAT number	078001
Popular name	Acquaformositani (in Italian) Firmozjotë (in Arbëresh)
Website	acquaformosa.asmenet.it

Acquaformosa (in Arbëresh , IPA : [ ar'bəreʃ ] : Firmoza ) is a southern Italian municipality in the province of Cosenza in Calabria with 1064 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Acquaformosa is 74 kilometers northwest of Cosenza . The neighboring municipalities are: Altomonte , Lungro and San Donato di Ninea .

history

→ Main article : Albanian immigration to Italy (1468–1506)

Acquaformosa was repopulated by Albanian refugees ( Arbëresh ) between 1476 and 1478 .

literature

• Domenico De Marchis: Breve cenno monografico storico di del comune di Acquaformosa , Raffaele Migliaccio, Salerno, 1857; reissued by: Il Coscile Editore , Castrovillari, 2001.
• Lorenzo Giustiniani: Dizionario geografico-ragionato del Regno di Napoli , Volume 1, Vincenzo Manfredi, Naples, 1797 (Italian).

Web links

Commons : Acquaformosa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Acquaformosa (CS) - Formoza. Arbitalia.it, accessed October 22, 2016 (Italian). 
• Domenico De Marchis: Breve cenno monografico the Acquaformosa, 1857 (parts 1–3). Ungra.it, accessed January 29, 2017 (Italian). 
• Capitolazione degli Albanesi di Acquaformosa col Monastero di Santa Maria. Ungra.it, accessed January 29, 2017 (Italian). 
• I processati di Acquaformosa per i fatti di Campotenese (1848). Ungra.it, accessed January 29, 2017 (Italian). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.