Lagonegro

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Lagonegro
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Lagonegro (Italy)
Lagonegro
Country Italy
region Basilicata
province Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates 40 ° 8 ′  N , 15 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height 666  m slm
surface 112 km²
Residents 5,310 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 85042
prefix 0973
ISTAT number 076039
Popular name Lagonegresi
Website Lagonegro

Lagonegro is a municipality in Basilicata in the province of Potenza with 5310 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The neighboring municipalities are Casalbuono ( SA ), Casaletto Spartano (SA), Lauria , Moliterno , Montesano sulla Marcellana (SA), Nemoli and Rivello .

history

Lagonegro was part of the County of Lauria and was owned by the powerful Sanseverino family . In 1463 Venceslaus Sanseverino, who had no male heirs, married his daughter Luisa to the cousin Barnaba Sanseverino, who was prince of Salerno . As a result of the rebellion of Guglielmo Sanseverino, Lagonegro came to Gasparo Siracusa ( Siracusa family ), a close confidante of King Frederick. The town was later sold to the Carafa family by his daughter Johanna. Legend has it that Mona Lisa is buried in Lagonegro .

Demographics

Lagonero has 2,177 private households . Between 1991 and 2001 the number of inhabitants fell slightly from 6,260 to 6,146. This corresponds to a percentage decrease of 1.8%.

traffic

Lagonegro is on Autobahn 2 . Lagonegro was the end point of the standard-gauge railway line Sicignano degli Alburni – Lagonegro and the beginning of the narrow-gauge railway line Lagonegro – Spezzano Albanese .

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

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