Baragiano

Baragiano
Country	Italy
region	Basilicata
province	Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates	40 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E
height	625  m slm
surface	29 km²
Residents	2,580 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	89 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	85050
prefix	0971
ISTAT number	076010
Popular name	Baragianesi
Patron saint	Rochus of Montpellier
Website	Baragiano
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Baragiano is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2580 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Potenza in Basilicata . The municipality is located about 18 kilometers west-northwest of Potenza . Baragiano is part of the Comunità Montana Marmo Platano . The Avigliano flows into the Picerno on the southwestern municipal boundary .

history

Know the community through the archaeological locality Archeoparco del Basileus , an excavation site, located at the place where the people of the Lucanians to the Peucetians met.

The community was last hit by an earthquake in November 1980 in the seismically very active area.

traffic

State road 7 runs through the community . In Baragiano this crosses with Strada Statale 94 dir del Varco di Pietrastretta . There are also train stations in the main town of the municipality and in the locality of Franciosa on the railway line from Battipaglia via Potenza to Metaponto .

Community partnerships

• Jalasjärvi , South Ostrobothnia
• Muro Lucano , Province of Potenza (since 2011)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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