Cagnano Varano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
province | Foggia (FG) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 49 ′ N , 15 ° 46 ′ E | |
height | 165 m slm | |
surface | 158.83 km² | |
Residents | 6,994 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 44 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 71010 | |
prefix | 0884 | |
ISTAT number | 071008 | |
Popular name | Cagnanesi | |
Patron saint | Michael , Cataldus | |
Website | Cagnano Varano |
Cagnano Varano is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 6,994 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia in Apulia .
Geography and population
Cagnano Varano is located about 44.5 kilometers northeast of Foggia in the Gargano on Lake Varano within the Parco Nazionale del Gargano . At the same time, the community belongs to the Comunità Montana del Gargano .
history
The ancient Greek foundation Uria (YPIATΩN), which could have been founded in the third century BC, was located near the community . Cagnano Varano itself did not come into being until the High Middle Ages.
traffic
Strada Statale 89 Garganica leads through the municipality towards Peschici . There is a train station on the railway line from San Severo to Peschici .
Web links
Commons : Cagnano Varano - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ The returnees and his village in: FAZ of August 25, 2011, page R3