Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia

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Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia
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Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia (Italy)
Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Teramo  (TE)
Coordinates 42 ° 30 '  N , 13 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 30 '0 "  N , 13 ° 40' 0"  E
height 415  m slm
surface 83 km²
Residents 4,621 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 56 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 64045
prefix 0861
ISTAT number 067026
Popular name Isolani
Patron saint San Massimo
Website Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia
Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia
Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia

Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia is an Italian municipality in the province of Teramo in Abruzzo with 4621 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The village is a member of the Comunità Montana Gran Sasso . The community is well connected to the Gran Sasso tunnel and the A24 .

geography

The territory of the municipality lies within the borders of the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park .

The districts (fractions) include Capsano, Casale San Nicola, Cerchiara, Ceriseto, Cesa di Francia, Colliberti, Fano a Corno, Forca di Valle, Pacciano, Pretara, San, Giovanni, San Massimo, San Pietro and Trignano.

The neighboring municipalities are: Calascio , Castel Castagna , Castelli , Colledara , Fano Adriano , L'Aquila , Pietracamela , Santo Stefano di Sessanio and Tossicia .

The municipality is located around 31 kilometers from the provincial capital Teramo and 45 kilometers from the Adriatic coast. The village of Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia is traversed by the Mavone River and is only around seven kilometers from the Gran Sasso d'Italia .

history

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Isola del Gran Sasso . It was located in two adjacent buildings outside the village: a former hotel and a pilgrims' house that was part of a church. Both buildings offered space for 180 occupants. However, the occupancy peaked in August 1943 with 147 internees. First Italian and foreign Jews came to the camp , later a total of 147 Chinese . In October 1943 there were still a few hundred Chinese in Isola del Gran Sasso.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2016
Residents 3,510 4.172 5,009 5,494 6,448 6,878 5,285 4,952 4,883 4,759

Source: ISTAT

Attractions

  • Chiesa di San Giovanni ad insulam

  • In the Chiesa di San Giovanni ad insulam

  • Santuario di San Gabriele dell'Addolorata

  • Urn of San Gabriele

  • In the locality of Isola Gran Sasso d'Italia

  • Alley in the old town

  • The nearby Gran Sasso d'Italia

Viticulture

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

Web links

Commons : Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia  - 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.
  2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 214-215; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exil in Italien 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 68-69