Cava de 'Tirreni
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Country | Italy | |
region | Campania | |
province | Salerno (SA) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 42 ' N , 14 ° 42' E | |
height | 180 m slm | |
surface | 36.46 km² | |
Residents | 52,564 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,442 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 84013 | |
prefix | 089 | |
ISTAT number | 065037 | |
Popular name | Cavesi | |
Patron saint | Sant'Adiutore, Santa Maria Incoronata dell'Olmo | |
Website | Cava de 'Tirreni |
Cava de 'Tirreni is an Italian commune with 52,564 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Salerno ( Campania region ).
geography
Geographical location
Cava de 'Tirreni is located about ten kilometers northwest of Salerno and three kilometers from the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea near Amalfi . The municipality covers an area of 36.46 km² and is 180 meters above sea level.
Districts
The 27 districts (Frazioni) are: Annunziata, Alessia, Arcara, Castagneto, Corpo di Cava, Croce, Dupino, Li Curti, Maddalena, Marini, Passiano, Petrellosa, Pianesi, Pregiato, Rotolo, Sant'Anna, Sant'Arcangelo, San Cesareo, San Giuseppe al Pozzo, San Giuseppe al Pennino, San Lorenzo, Santa Lucia, San Nicola, Santa Maria del Rovo, San Martino, San Pietro a Siepi and Santi Quaranta.
Sports
The place was the arrival point of the 9th stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1984 .
Town twinning
Sister cities of Cava are:
- Gorzów Wielkopolski ( Poland )
- Schwerte ( Germany )
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts ( USA )
- Kaunas ( Lithuania )
- Helsinki ( Finland )
Personalities
- Lucia Apicella (1887–1982), philanthropist, recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Ferdinando Baldi (1927–2007), film director and screenwriter
- Massimo Coda (* 1988), Italian football player
- Carlo Filangieri (1784–1867), Italian general
- Antonietta Di Martino (* 1978), track and field athlete
- Giuliana de Sio (* 1957), actress, grew up in Cava de 'Tirreni
- Teresa De Sio (* 1955), singer-songwriter, sister of Giuliana De Sio
- Marinella Senatore (* 1977), artist, winner of the Maxxi Prize 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ cavanotizie.it - Comitato Gemellaggi