Campo Ligure

Campo Ligure
Country	Italy
region	Liguria
Metropolitan city	Genoa (GE)
Coordinates	44 ° 32 ' N , 8 ° 42' E Coordinates: 44 ° 32 '0 " N , 8 ° 42' 0" E
height	342 m slm
surface	23.8 km²
Residents	2,841 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	119 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	16013
prefix	010
ISTAT number	010008
Popular name	Campesi
Patron saint	Mary Magdalene
Website	Campo Ligure
	; View of Campo Ligure, behind the castle

Campo Ligure ( Ligurian Campo , in the local dialect Càmpu ) is an Italian municipality with 2841 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Genoa in the Liguria region and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The most beautiful places in Italy ).

geography

The municipality is located on the banks of the Stura stream at a distance of 37 kilometers from the Ligurian capital, Genoa . The municipal boundaries are in the west at the Beigua Nature Park and in the east on the park boundaries of the Parco delle Capanne di Marcarolo . Together with three other municipalities, Campo Ligure forms the mountain community of Valli Stura e Orba .

According to the Italian classification for seismic activity , Campo Ligure was assigned to zone 3B (on a scale from 1 to 4 and A and B). This means that earthquakes are moderate in the region.

Sons and daughters

Mario Oliveri (* 1944), Catholic clergyman, former bishop of Albenga-Imperia
Giovanni Ponte (1929–2003), Romance studies and university professor

Web links

Commons : Campo Ligure - Collection of images, videos and audio files

List of Italian locations by earthquake zone ( XLS ), updated from the Italian Civil Defense website in March 2015

Seismic activity in Italy , accessed September 30, 2016

swell

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed July 23, 2017 (Italian).
^ Seismic classification of the municipality of Campo Ligure , accessed on September 28, 2016
↑ Ordinanza PCM n.3274 of 03/20/2003

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

[2] I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed July 23, 2017 (Italian).

[3] Seismic classification of the municipality of Campo Ligure , accessed on September 28, 2016

[4] Ordinanza PCM n.3274 of 03/20/2003