Campli

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Campli
coat of arms
Campli (Italy)
Campli
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Teramo  (TE)
Coordinates 42 ° 44 '  N , 13 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 43 '34 "  N , 13 ° 41' 10"  E
height 393  m slm
surface 73 km²
Residents 6,942 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 95 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 64012
prefix 0861
ISTAT number 067008
Popular name camplesi
Patron saint San Pancrazio (May 10th)
Website Campli
Campli, the town hall
Campli, the town hall
Scala Santa, Campli

Campli is an Italian commune with 6942 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region . The village is a member of the Comunità Montana della Laga and is partly within the boundaries of the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park .

geography

The districts (fractions) include Battaglia, Campovalano , Castelnuovo, Cesenà, Floriano, Gagliano, Garrufo, Guazzano, Molviano, Nocella, Pagannoni, Paterno, Piancarani, Roiano, Sant'Onofrio and Villa Camera.

The neighboring municipalities are: Bellante , Civitella del Tronto , Sant'Omero , Teramo , Torricella Sicura and Valle Castellana .

The municipality is located around 11 km from the provincial capital Teramo and around 30 km from the Adriatic coast.

history

The area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age, a necropolis with numerous tombs was found in the area around Campli, in Campovalano, the oldest dating back to the 10th century BC. This region was a center of the so-called Italian cultures. In the 4th / 3rd Century BC the area comes under Roman rule. Campli was first mentioned in a document in 894. In 1372 the city was granted the status of a free commune. On May 12, 1600, the city was granted its own episcopal jurisdiction by a bull from Pope Clement VIII. In the 17th century, Campli surpassed even today's provincial capital, Teramo, in terms of economic importance and population. The first churches in Campli were built in the Middle Ages, the Collegiata di Santa Maria in Platea and Chiesa di San Francesco . The titular bishopric of Camplum goes back to the place .

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2016
Residents 7.155 8,120 9,690 9,869 11,109 11,941 8,636 7,356 7,266 7.176

Source: ISTAT

Attractions

Finds from the necropolis of Campovalano in the Museo archeologico
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale
  • Palazzo del Parlamento / Palazzo Farnese (now City Hall)
  • Collegiata di Santa Maria in Platea
  • Scala Santa, the sacred staircase made of olive wood

Churches

  • Chiesa di San Pietro (in the Campovalano fraction)
  • Chiesa di San Paolo
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni (in the Castelnuovo fraction)
  • Chiesa di San Francesco

Viticulture

In the municipality of vines are varieties Montepulciano for the DOC - wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grown.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Campli  - 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.