Campi Salentina

Campi Salentina
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Local name	Càmpie
Coordinates	40 ° 24 '  N , 18 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 24 '0 "  N , 18 ° 1' 0"  E
height	33  m slm
surface	45.88 km²
Residents	10,159 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	221 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73012
prefix	0832
ISTAT number	075011
Popular name	campioti, campiensi
Patron saint	San Oronzio
Website	www.comune.campi-salentina.le.it

Village square at night

Campi Salentina (official name Comune di Campi Salentina ) is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 10,159 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region . The patron saint of the place is St. Orontius of Lecce .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​45.88  km² . The place is at an altitude of 33 meters above sea level. The neighboring communities are Cellino San Marco (BR), Guagnano , Novoli , Salice Salentino , Squinzano , Trepuzzi and Veglie . The municipality borders on the province of Brindisi .

The station of the same name is on the Martina Franca – Lecce railway line .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Enrico Enriquez (1701–1756), bishop
• Salvatore Calabrese (1903–1973), medical doctor
• Carmelo Bene (1937–2002), theater and film director, actor and author

Connected to the place

• Pompilio Maria Pirrotti (1710–1766), priest and monk

Web links

Commons : Campi Salentina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Italian)

Individual evidence

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