Lioni

Lioni
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Avellino  (AV)
Coordinates	40 ° 53 '  N , 15 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 52 '39 "  N , 15 ° 11' 19"  E
height	550  m slm
surface	46.17 km²
Residents	6,130 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	133 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	83047
prefix	0827
ISTAT number	064044
Popular name	Lionesi
Patron saint	San Rocco
Website	Lioni
Panorama Lioni

Lioni is an Italian commune with 6130 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Avellino in the Campania region . The place in the Irpinia landscape is part of the Comunità Montana Alta Irpinia mountain community .

geography

The neighboring municipalities are Bagnoli Irpino , Calabritto , Caposele , Morra De Sanctis , Nusco , Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi and Teora .

history

The place name appears for the first time as Leoni on the occasion of a donation in 883.

Lioni has been plagued by earthquakes time and again in its history. B. 1536, 1694 and most recently during the Irpinia earthquake in 1980 , in which several thousand people were killed in this area and numerous places were almost completely destroyed.

traffic

Lioni station is on the southern edge of the town on the Avellino – Rocchetta Sant'Antonio railway line, which is no longer used for passenger transport .

Town twinning

The municipality of Lioni indicates some Italian cities and provinces as twin cities or provinces:

• the cities of Rome , Sezze and Piombino
• as well as the Province of Arezzo , the Province of Grosseto , the Province of Pistoia and the Province of Bergamo

Web links

Commons : Lioni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lioni community

Individual evidence

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