Chieuti
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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
province | Foggia (FG) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 51 ' N , 15 ° 9' E | |
height | 221 m slm | |
surface | 60.91 km² | |
Residents | 1,618 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 27 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 71010 | |
prefix | 0882 | |
ISTAT number | 071021 | |
Popular name | Chieutini | |
Patron saint | Saint George | |
Website | Chieuti | |
Chieuti |
Chieuti (in Arbëresh , IPA : [ ar'bəreʃ ] : Qiefti ) is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1618 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia in Apulia .
Location and dates
Chieuti is about 53 kilometers northwest of Foggia , borders directly on the province of Campobasso ( Molise ) and is about 9 km south on the Adriatic coast .
Fractions of Chieuti are Fantina Prima , Masseria Viarelle, Podere San Nicola and Marina di Chieuti on the Adriatic . Adjacent municipalities are: Campomarino (CB) and San Martino in Pensilis (CB) in Molise and Serracapriola in Apulia.
The origin of the name
The name Chieuti seems to have grown together from Chiuri and Pleuti.
traffic
The Autostrada A14 and Strada Statale 16 Adriatica run through the municipality along the Adriatic coast. The former Strada Statale 16ter Adriatica (today: Provincial Road 142) led from Campomarino to San Severo along the western edge of the municipality . The Chieuti and Serracapriola train stations are on the Adriatic Railway .
Attractions
- Deconsecrated Santa Maria degli Angeli church in SP44
- Catholic Church of San Giorgio Martire in Corso San Giorgio 25
- Four octagonal towers of the former fortified place
- Historical old city
literature
- Pasquale Corsi: Chieuti e il suo territorio tra Medioevo ed Età moderna. Testimonianze storiche ed ipotesi interpretative . In: Archivio Storico Pugliese . Bari 1999, p. 66–74 (Italian, brindisi.it [PDF; accessed June 24, 2018]).
- Antonella Lattanzi, Natalino Lattanzi: Guida insolita ai misteri, ai segreti, alle leggende e alle curiosità della Puglia . Newton Compton, 2015, ISBN 978-88-541-8503-6 (Italian, online preview in Google Book Search).
- Mario Massaro, Imri Badallaj: Chieuti e la sua parlata arbereshe: Qefti dhe e folmia e tij . Malatesta, Apricena 2011 (Italian).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Adalbert Kuhn: Journal for comparative linguistic research in the field of the Indo-European languages . tape 51 . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1923, p. 262 .