Bucchianico

Bucchianico
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates	42 ° 18 '  N , 14 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 18 '16 "  N , 14 ° 10' 50"  E
height	360  m slm
surface	38 km²
Residents	5,073 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	134 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	66011
prefix	0871
ISTAT number	069008
Popular name	Bucchianichesi
Patron saint	Chamomile from Lellis
Website	Bucchianico
Bucchianico

Bucchianico (in the local dialect: Vicchiènechë ) is an Italian community ( comune ) with 5073 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo . The municipality is located about 5 kilometers south of Chieti . The Alento flows through it , which should not be confused with the Alento river of the same name in southern Campania.

traffic

Strada Statale 81 Piceno Apuntina leads through the municipality to Chieti in the north and Altino in the south. At Bucchianico it meets the former Strada statale 649 di Fondo Valle Alento (today the provincial road 221).

Personalities

Kamillus von Lellis (1550–1614), Capuchin Father , saint of the Roman Catholic Church since 1746 , founder of the order of the Kamillians , was born in Bucchianico.

Web links

Commons : Bucchianico  - 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.