Melizzano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Campania | |
province | Benevento (BN) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 10 ′ N , 14 ° 30 ′ E | |
height | 190 m slm | |
surface | 17.48 km² | |
Residents | 1,787 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 102 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 82030 | |
prefix | 0824 | |
ISTAT number | 062039 | |
Popular name | Melizzanesi | |
Patron saint | Peter and Paul | |
Website | Melizzano |
Melizzano is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1787 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Benevento in Campania . The municipality is located about 27 kilometers west of Benevento and about 20 kilometers northeast of Caserta and borders directly on the province of Caserta . The Calore Irpino delimits the municipality in the north and the Volturno in the west.
history
The community is identical to the ancient Melae , a settlement that already existed at the time of the Second Punic War (216 BC) and was dependent on the Roman settlement Telesia . Since 1861 the municipality has been part of the province of Benevento.
traffic
The former Strada Statale 265 dei Ponti della Valle (now a provincial road) leads through the municipality from Amorosi to Giugliano in Campania .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.