Acquaformosa
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Country | Italy | |
region | Calabria | |
province | Cosenza (CS) | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 43 ' N , 16 ° 6' 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) |
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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
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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.