Fasano

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Fasano
coat of arms
Fasano (Italy)
Fasano
Country Italy
region Apulia
province Brindisi  (BR)
Coordinates 40 ° 50 ′  N , 17 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
height 111  m slm
surface 128 km²
Residents 39,566 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 309 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 72015, 72010
prefix 080
ISTAT number 074007
Popular name Fasanesi
Patron saint San Giovanni Battista S. Maria di Pozzo Faceto
Website Fasano
Fasano
Fasano

Fasano is a southern Italian city with 39,566 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Apulia and belongs to the province of Brindisi .

The city has an area of ​​128 km². The average height is 118  m slm

location

The city of Fasano is located 50 kilometers southeast of Bari and 50 kilometers northwest of Brindisi , practically exactly half the distance between these two southern Italian port cities. The port city of Taranto , located on the Gulf of the same name, is 45 kilometers south. Seen from Rome , Fasano is 400 kilometers to the southeast as the crow flies. The distance from the center of the city to the coast on the Adriatic with the small port towns of Savelletri and Torre Canne is between 6 and 10 kilometers.

The neighboring municipalities are Alberobello ( BA ), Cisternino , Locorotondo ( BA ), Monopoli ( BA ) and Ostuni .

Infrastructure

The Europastraße 55 runs directly on the outskirts . An at least partially well-developed national road connection leads south to Taranto.

The city ​​has a station about three kilometers outside of the Ancona – Lecce railway line .

International airports are located near the cities of Bari and Brindisi. From here there are also ferry connections to Croatia , Albania and Greece, among others .

tourism

The small seaside resorts on the coast are not only visited by local beach holidaymakers, but now also by foreign tourists.

In the immediate vicinity of the neighboring municipality of Alberobello, there are numerous of the trulli known for Apulia in the wine-growing areas .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Fasano  - 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.